LG Electronics 10X Blu-ray SATA Writer Drive with Software WH10LS30K - Bulk (Black) Review

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(More customer reviews)My systems in Win7-64. I replaced a CD reader drive with this LG unit. The swap-out was easy and the new drive worked perfectly the first time. When I installed the software that came with the CD it included an option to update the new drive's firmware. So I selected this and proceeded.
The firmware update program attempted to install new drivers for both the LG drive and my existing DVD-R/W drive. But the driver update failed because the drivers were not signed and Win7 requires signed drivers.
After that neither of my 2 optical drives worked. I had to do a System Restore to get them back.
I subsequently found out that Win7 has a boot option that allows you to bypass the requirement for signed drivers. This is the link to the page describing the fix:
[...]Just hit F8 when Windows is starting to get the boot option page.
By selecting the boot option I was able to successfully install all the software with no troubles. Rebooting afterwards got me back to normal Win7 with both drives working OK.
With this caveat I can recommend this drive for people wanting to create Blu-Ray disks. But it sure was a hassle finding the solution.

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Samsung Blu-Ray Internal SATA Drive with Lightscribe SH-B083L/BSBP (Black) Review

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(More customer reviews)I have always been a fan of Samsung's products and ordered this drive as an upgrade to the old DVD-ROM that I had in my MPC Millennia system from a couple of years ago. As always, Amazon got the drive to me very quickly and while this is an OEM drive, Amazon has it packaged in it's own box which is better than I have seen from their competitors.
The drive installed easily and works very nicely. I haven't tried the Lightscribe functionality yet but I am sure that it will work fine. Samsung did a really nice job designing this drive. The bezel is very nice looking, much better than just a plain black front.
The software that comes with the drive seems to be very robust. I like the BD advisor which basically will look at your system and tell you if you are capable of runn Blu-Ray. That's cool, especially for users who may not be as familiar with the different technologies.
For under $100 this is a great drive for an upgrade in an older system or for people building new systems. I am sure with a brand new system build, this drive will perform at an even higher level as the memory and CPU will push it to the max.
I would recommend this drive to friends.

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LG Electronics CH08LS10 LightScribe SATA Blu-ray Combo Drive, Retail (Black) Review

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(More customer reviews)Got it home, popped open the pc, used the included sata cables to install it. Closed it up, turned it on, Windows 7 recognized it right away. Then I installed the included Cyberlink software. I was watching a Blu-Ray within 30 minutes of opening the box. I run a HDMI through my Sony STR-DH800 to my 56" Panasonic 56lcz70, looks and sounds amazing. Turned on the pass-through feature, loved it.

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Samsung Blu-Ray Combo Internal 12X Readable and DVD-Writable Drive with Lightscribe SH-B123L/BSBP Review

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(More customer reviews)I've purchased four LG Blu-ray drives and have had some very time consuming issues with them intermittently not being able to read discs.
The Samsung has no such issues. The eject button and light are awesome. The door is actually clear so you can see the disc inside. Very fast!
Can find found it for less too.


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LITE-ON 4x Blu-ray Disc SATA Internal Optical Drive iHOS104 Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought this drive as a 2nd drive in my computer, with the added ability to play Blu-ray discs. For the price it really can't be beat, especially since it includes good software that costs retail almost as much as the drive. It's also a very quiet drive. So far it plays everything I stick in it, with no problems. The picture on my new 23" HP 1080p monitor is drop-dead gorgeous and very stable. You do need a decent video card to use this drive, but the one that came with my new HP has a dedicated 512 mb of memory and works fine. It also has an HDMI output.
The only minus I can say about the BD drive is that it came with an SATA cable, but no power conversion adapter.

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Blu-Ray USB External Player DVDRW Review

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(More customer reviews)for $100 this is a great Blu-Ray reading and DVD-burning slim portable drive.
It will power itself right off of USB so you don't need any other connectors. I've seen much more expensive drives from lenovo or HP that are just as nice and don't do blu-ray.
My only complaint is more about blu-ray itself. First you need to purchase some sort of software (cyberlink or Intervideo WinDVD) but specifically a version that supports blu-ray, which is a little bit more expensive as nothing comes with the drive that can play blu-ray out of the box. Additionally, you will need a fairly recent generation computer to play the blu-ray disks effectively. I've used it on a machine with a GMA965 but the video is a bit choppy, however on my T500 with the Discrete Radeon HD card that will switch down to the Intel 4 series chip when not busy. Playing blu-ray disks always pounds on the radeon, anything less than a Radeon HD or very new 9 series nVidia will probably have a hard time, or might not even play a blu-ray disk at all. So make sure you have something that can play the disks.
In all honesty, I will probably replace my computer before I replace this drive as it is a really useful and versatile optical drive


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