Anybody using a BluRay burner?

VidmanII · Post by **VidmanII** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 7:29 pm

Just curious as to how those are working. Putting 25-50GB on a disc is crazy ! Can't wait for the prices to come down a bit.

Err · Post by **Err** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 9:05 pm

I bought a Lite-on about a month ago for Home Movies. It works good with the Sony PMB software that came with my camcorder. Save yourself a bit of money and buy a bare drive. The software that comes with them is total garbage. I've been using Verbatim single sided BD-R disks.

VidmanII · Post by **VidmanII** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 9:47 pm

Sounds like a plan. How much do those Verbatim BD-R discs you're using hold?

I have software already. At least I think I do. Free prog, CDburnerXP.
http://www.cdburnerxp.se/en/features

I use it for dvd/cd burning and it's quite handy.

Cheers,
Todd

Err · Post by **Err** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 10:07 pm

The BD-Rs I have hold 25G (2 hours 1080p). The double layers hold 50G but are just not worth the premium.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817130047&cm_re=verbatim_bd-r-_-17-130-047-_-Product

VidmanII · Post by **VidmanII** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 11:00 pm

excellent. that does appear to be the best deal on current media. I wish I didn't have to pay state tax with newegg but the flipside is that with their warehouse being in NJ, I get stuff as fast as next day sometimes!

OEM drive would be fine. I'll keep an eye out for some web deals. I have some bluray playback software already that came with my Samsung BDROM, so that's not an issue.

eGoCeNTRoNiX · Post by **eGoCeNTRoNiX** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 11:28 pm

I actually buy mine for $1 each on eBay.. So far I've gotten burned about 75 and no issues..

eGo

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 12:51 am

What kind of speeds are you guys seeing (how long does it take to burn a nearly full disc)?

More interested in using BluRay for data archiving.

eGoCeNTRoNiX · Post by **eGoCeNTRoNiX** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 8:53 am

I'm seeing really quick burn times myself. Next time I made a disc I'll let you know. But it's way less than 1 hour..

eGo

Err · Post by **Err** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 9:14 am

I've been very impressed with burn times. I burnt a Roger Waters bootleg ~23G on 4X single-sided BD-R in ~25 to 30 min. 6X media is available but like the dual-layer medium, I can't see paying the extra cost to save possibly 5 or 10 minutes. Like DVD-R, DVD+R, and CD-R, the quality of the disks is going to be the determining factor. I try to avoid anything made in India. Japan is the best. I think Verbatim is made by Mistubishi.

VidmanII · Post by **VidmanII** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 8:56 pm

Got a LiteON iHBS112 12x, 10 pack of 25GB OpticalQuantum BD-Rs, and 1 pack of Verbatim (with jewel case, haha) for $100.21 shipped. Ordered last week, got it today. Install was painless. Only thing I did was update my firmware from CL0G to the latest version, CL0K. Did a 24.6GB folder of mp3's from HDD to OpticalQuantum 4x(?) disc in 11 minutes and 58 secs. ImgBurn set the write speed to 10X right from the jump and the burn went flawlessly. Disc verify took some additional time but to me it's worth it. You can turn that feature off if you want.

Burner:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6827106346

Media: getting rave reviews at 'egg and is pretty inexpensive too.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817607024

ImgBurn. really nice prog and free as well
http://www.imgburn.com/

LiteON firmware update.
http://us.liteonit.com/us/index.php?opt ... Itemid=152

It's all good. :-) enjoy.

Using ImgBurn v2.5.5.0

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 9:43 pm

Thx for the followup!

normalicy · Post by **normalicy** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 12:35 am

Yeah, nice update. Can't complain about an 11 minute 25gb backup.

VidmanII · Post by **VidmanII** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 10:37 am

One thing I'd suggest is to really read up on whichever burner you buy ( i.e. firmware updates, compatible media etc ) before you jump in. Same goes for whatever burning prog you decide to use. I chose ImgBurn because the prog's author has an amazing support forum.

It's located here.......
http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?act=idx