What BD Drive?

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    What BD Drive?

    My BD drive (LG GGC-H20L) just went up in smoke, literally that is. Somehow the power connector shorted out and melted away.

    So now I am wondering what would be a good replacement? Don't need BD Write and 3D playback but the usual DVD/CD±R/±RW functionality (internal drive with SATA).

    A drive where the region coding for BD and DVD can be easily circumvented would be useful as I have DVDs and BDs from different regions (all originals).

    Budget: up to HKD 1000 max. (I think I paid 700 something for the "burner")

    Last edited by Raccon; 16-03-2012 at 01:32 AM.

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    I thought region is set in windows, something like 5 times limit. I believe there's software to circumvent it


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    Burn, baby burn




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    a pc is not a mac, you can play dvd from all regions and unlimited times


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    With Anydvd it really doesn't matter which drive you choose as far are region and br security unlocking are concerned.

    No such thing as a 3D ready drive, all they do is transfer data, unless they are referring to the bundled software eg. Powerdvd ultra or arcsoft's hd version of their player. Keep this in mind because as far as I know these are currently the only programs that can do blu ray and only those versions can play 3D. It is the graphics card output that determines 3D capability of the hardware (it must use hdmi1.4a out).

    Basically all of the drives you will find in the markets will have writing capabilities. So your concerns should be reliability, reading noise (don't want your pc to sound like a jet engine when you are watching a movie) and possibly write speeds and write reliability.

    I personally was only really concerned with noise. I got a pioneer br205 (I the it includes 205 in the name). It slows down read speed to decrease noise when a dvd or bluray is inserted. Seems to work pretty well.

    Best to just search the net for reviews while you are looking at them in the market.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Raccon:
    Burn, baby burn




    Must have been one hell of a porno!

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    PS. If you plan to use the drive to rip the movies to your hdd so that you can play in other free players then you probably don't want one of those quiet drives because of the fact that they slow down reading speed when they detect video discs.


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    Pps. Your old drive is considered one of the quiet drives.


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    I had nothing but good experiences with Pioneer internal BR and DVD/RW drives, as for external if you do choose that route, The Imation is a excellent package..

    I have a separate blue ray player and a burner for dvd/rw, sales guy said that the BR and standard DVD heads are different, and in turn, the head itself actually breaks down long before even the drive... /shrugs maybe it's sales tactics... but I do notice that most DVD/RW drives are faster spec wise when not included with the "BR" option, so I went with one of each (BR Reader + DVD/RW)

    The Imation I use mostly for the road, which works fine and it's powered off the USB bus.

    bonus is they all come with a OEM Nero 9 license..


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    Thanks for the comments, don't do any ripping but watch movies via my PC and I only can fit one into my case, so a quiet combo drive is the way to go. Will take a look at the Pioneer models.

    @Stoob:


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