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    Best usb bluray drive

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by mets3214, Dec 15, 2011.

  1. mets3214

    mets3214 Notebook Consultant

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    What is a good USB bluray drive to use with a Sony Vaio Z13 since I'm replacing the optical drive with a HDD. I also want to rip the bluray movies I have to the computer, what program would I need to achieve a high quality rip as I have no experience in ripping movies. Thanks
     
    mets3214, Dec 15, 2011
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  2. whitrzac

    whitrzac The orange end is cold...

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    I recommend DVDfab + VLC


    FYI most blurays are 40+gb each...
     
    whitrzac, Dec 15, 2011
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    pengy_666 Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm curious to know if USB 2.0 is any good to use to read blu ray discs?

    I want to fit a second hdd also but I'm wary of the USB capable of enough speed
     
    pengy_666, Dec 16, 2011
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  4. too456

    too456 Resident Angry Bird

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    Leave bluray in the internal slot and use the extra HDD as an external drive as I think bluray will be painfully slow over USB2 where the theoretical maximum speed is only 60MBps, but in practice you only get a little over half of that figure. HDDs cannot really saturate USB2 so it's more suited for external use than bluray.
     
    too456, Dec 16, 2011
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  5. tijo

    tijo Sacred Blame

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    Actually, a 7.2K RPM HDD will saturate USB2.0 for sequential operations, a 5.4K RPM will too for that matter, but not by that much. As for if the Blu-ray will bottleneck because of the USb2.0, it is something i do not know. I know mp4 encoded 1080p video won't, but the compression helps.
     
    tijo, Dec 16, 2011
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    mets3214 Notebook Consultant

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    What if I put a usb 3.0 port in the express card slot. Will that help?
     
    mets3214, Dec 16, 2011
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    Krane Notebook Prophet

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    There's not external blu-ray drive that uses 3.0 so it doesn't really matter. Esata is still the fastest way in or out.

    Get the Pioneer external most blu-ray burner. It's the set-up I have. And the easiest one to find.
     
    Krane, Dec 16, 2011
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