which is better ?

[waeldiab]

I have some doubts between , External Blu-Ray Burner and built-in Blu-ray. which is better for burning a Blu-ray

[DATTER]

Depends what you use most. If you burn everything at home, i think is unnecessary to buy an external drive. And then of course, depends on the specifications of each driver ;)

[waeldiab]

Depends what you use most. If you burn everything at home, i think is unnecessary to buy an external drive. And then of course, depends on the specifications of each driver ;)

thanks, ok your advise to me built-in is better.

[rockalpha]

plus,you can always buy a usb or esata enclosure

[Bushmills]

I think the external will be much more expensive..
what is the price you got for each?

[JBL]

External Blu-Ray

[Appzalien]

I made the mistake of jumping into dvd burning (external or internal) when the burn and play speeds were very low. I spent over $200 on an external dvd burner (Sony sucks) that will to this day only burn at 2x speed. I think a wise person would be one who waits until blueray hits the 8x burn speed before you throw your hat in the ring. As a matter of fact I personally will wait for 16x myself.

[waeldiab]

I made the mistake of jumping into dvd burning (external or internal) when the burn and play speeds were very low. I spent over $200 on an external dvd burner (Sony sucks) that will to this day only burn at 2x speed. I think a wise person would be one who waits until blueray hits the 8x burn speed before you throw your hat in the ring. As a matter of fact I personally will wait for 16x myself.

what u think about this 1

Plextor B940SA

[gtx490]

I think built-in is better.
The price is good.

This one,
centralcomputers.com/commerce/catalog/product.jsp?product_id=74344

[waeldiab]

I think built-in is better.
The price is good.

This one,
centralcomputers.com/commerce/catalog/product.jsp?product_id=74344

its 4X only :(

[Beck38]

Most Blu-Ray burners are SATA, and the USB2 types are more generally the 'external' and more expensive. It really comes down to, do you have a spare 5.25" 'slot' available in your case for this device?

Obviously, anything external will have it's own power supply, and therefore be more expensive. BUT, you may not have a spare slot. Also, many newer motherboards are equipped with eSATA ports (external SATA), so that figures into things.

If you have a spare internal slot, that's the way to go. If you don't, then the discussions over.

BTW, the early models that were external were all USB2, and were VERY slow, but with the proliferation of eSATA ports on newer machines/motherboards, that has changed somewhat.

[Margin]

I think built-in is better.
The price is good.

This one,
centralcomputers.com/commerce/catalog/product.jsp?product_id=74344

its 4X only :(

How much speed is better?

[waeldiab]

its 4X only :(

How much speed is better?

18x

[bpchia]

I believe the fastest available are 12x but the fastest media available is 6x...

[arunatsu]

I'd go for the internal one.