The optical drives have hit the market with great strategy and the blu ray disc burners beat the old and HD drives in every aspect of technology and innovation. The external portable blu-ray drives have taken them one step further and a revolution of them has started. Here are some of the top blu-ray external drives for your use. Each of them has some particular concept which makes them to be the on top of all the blu-ray drives.
Media station 8x external blu-ray writer Buffalo BR-816SU2, is the blu-ray drive that can be connected through SATA-Serial ATA or High speed USB. It is a little bulky and comes with the Cyberlink software bundle. Listed are some high lights of this blu-ray external drive.
1.Backward compatible and Supports older formats of DVD, CD and CD-RW
2.Supports BD-R at 8x speed.
3.Reads BD-RE at 2x
4.Reads DVDs at 16x
5.Reads CD ROMs at 48x
6.Burns at 48x and 16x for regular DVDs
7.Rewritable CDs can be burnt at 24x
8.Rewritable DVD-RW at 8x
PX-B310U from Plextor is second on the hit list of external blu-ray disc burners. This also can be connected with high speed USB. It works as a complete entertainment solution for a pc, plays high definition videos and has excellent storage options. Listed below are their specifications.
1.reads and writes at 6x
2.DVDs at 16x
3.CDs at 48x
4.BD discs read and written at 2x speed
5.DVDs read write at 6x
6.CD-RW at 32x
7.Cyberlink software bundle comes along with the hardware.
8.2MB buffer space.
9.Backward compatible and supports old formats like CD-R, CD+R, CD-RW.
DVDBREXT1 from Norazza is the drive that comes the next on the list of external blu-ray burners which is considered to have the next generation storage technologies which can play and burn a wide list of varieties of formats. This blu-ray drive can be connected through high speed USB or Firewire (IEE 1394).it costs around $699. The following are their specification.
1.write and read BD and BD-RW at 4x
2.Supports regular DVDs at 12x
3.Rewritable DVDs at 6x
4.2MB buffer size
5.Buffer underrun protection to avoid burn related errors
6.Cyberlink software bundle
I/O magic IBD1E- BD-RE drive from the I/O brand is the drive which can also be connected with hi speed USB and can be installed with out any problem from the IDE interfaced internal drives. They work for both dual layered 50GB and single layered 25GB and play high definition data video with maximum resolution. It costs your pockets around $300(US) and comes with a limited 1 year warranty. Their specifications are.
1.reading writing BD at 6X
2.DVDS at 16X
3.CDs at 40X
4.2MB buffer size
5.Buffer underrun protection to stop improper burning
MCE 8X Blu-ray disc burner external recordable drive from MAC Supports both MAC and Microsoft operating system and can be connected through high speed USB or eSATA. It supports both single and dual layered DVDs and CDs. Though their fan makes much noise they are reliable and affordable. See down on their specifications.
1.8x on regular BD discs
2.2x on dual layered BD discs
3.single layer DVDs burn at 16x
4.dual layered 8x
5.CD ROMS read and written at 32x
6.toast titanium software bundle available
Digistor DIG-78102 Blu-ray burner is the portable blu-ray drive for laptops and note books which can be connected through high speed USB drives. It consists of a Li-Pol battery and doesn’t require a/c adaptor for them to work. They are compatible with all the older formats available. Listed below are their specifications.
1. Burns blu-ray disc a 2x
2. Writes DVDs at 8x
3. Writes Dual layered discs at 4x
4. Reads CDROM at 24x
5. Writes CDROM at 8x
Go for the best that suits your needs and take them where ever you want and apply them for various systems where high definition data are processed and stored.
