External Bd Burner

Sony BD-5730S Max. 6x BD 12.7mm Tray Blu-ray Writer SATA

Amazon Sales Rank: #47787 in Consumer Electronics Brand: Sony Model: BD-5730S-01 Platform: Windows Vista Dimensions: 4.96" h x 5.00" w x 5.03" l, .40 pounds Hard Disk: 0GB Microsoft Windows 7 Compatible Modes supported: BD-ROM, BD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA, CD-I Ready, CD-Bridge, PhotoCD, VideoCD, CD-DA, CD Extra, CD Text; Writing methods: DAO, SAO, TAO with zero gap, variable or fixed packet, multisession Cache Memory: 4.5 MB Buffer under Run Protection Write Maximum Speed: BD-R (SL/LTH): 6x BD-R DL 4x, BD-RE (SL/DL) 2x DVD+R : 8x, DVD+R DL : 4x, DVD+RW : 8x, DVD-R : 8x, DVD-R DL : 4x, DVD-RW : 6x DVD-RAM: 5x CD-R : 24x, CD-RW : 16x

Most helpful customer reviews 29 of 29 people found the following review helpful. Great product. By Joseph Alegre After doing some research, I decide to take the plunge and buy a blu ray burner. I have a Toshiba notebook that is fast enough to play blue ray, but wasn't sure if this drive will work. In the end ...this drive worked quite nicely. The order came packaged with the drive only. It lacked software and drivers. I removed the old cd-rom drive (it only takes one screw on the bottom of the notebook) to remove my old cd-rom drive. I had to take the fastener of the old drive and place it in the new drive. It fit perfectly in the slot and the sata connection. I also carefully snapped off the face plate of the Sony drive and replaced it with the Toshiba face plate which gave the drive a flush finish on the notebook. It fit perfectly. I guess all slim type drives are standard. Once installed, the bios recognized the blu ray burner as did Window's 7 64bit home edition. The drivers were installed automatically. If you didn't know already, Window's 7 has the drivers for blu ray players, but won't natively play blu ray (through Media Player) disk because Microsoft lacks the license from Sony to play a blu ray disk. In order to play or burn blu ray, you need a third party program such as Cyberlink power Dvd (blu ray playing software) or Adobe Premiere Elements 8 (blu ray disk movie making software). This drive isn't a speed demon, but it is faster than most stand alone blu ray players. In summary, before you buy this drive, make sure you have the processor, memory, and driver requirements to play blu ray disk before you try this drive. [...] has a free utility download (Under support) that can tell you if the blu ray drive will work on your system or not. Also depending on your system, you may need brackets or mounts to install the drive. 17 of 18 people found the following review helpful. Quality BluRay Burner/Reader: Sony Optiarc 5730S Ranks As The No.1 Slim BluRay Drive At Amazon By Wavey Davey I'd like to start off this review by saying this: If you are in the market for a replacement 12.7mm Slim BluRay Writer for a valued notebook that you own, or are repairing/upgrading, do not waste your time shopping around for something better than this one because this is the top of the mark! It's a little "pricey" here at Amazon, but I could not find it cheaper elsewhere, so I went with the buy at Amazon, with my favored PRIME shipping for free/gratis, and have been happy with the buy ever since I opened the OEM box. The drive ships in a nice, and sturdy slim-DVD drive container, cradled in a black foam holder system inside the box for protection from shock and impacts during shipping, and it worked a treat for my particular shipment. Basically, if your notebook supports this form factor, the install is plug and play, with the only caveat being you will most likely need to *remove* the support bracket off the present DVD drive and install it on the Optiarc drive before you install it, otherwise it simply will not bolt into your chassis and stay there in the correct orientation. I might also suggest that *before* you buy this drive for your notebook that you first to to CyberLink's web site and download their BluRay Checker which has a catchy name, that I can't recall offhand, but go there and download their software/hardware checker to make certain that your particular notebook can support a BluRay player or burner, and if it will support playback of BluRay movies, both normal and 3D! If you fail to do this step, you are going to be chancing the fact that not all notebooks are created equal, and it takes a certain combination of CPU, RAM, and motherboard to make BluRay work, ie not all notebooks will qualify for a BluRay player, much less a BluRay burner like the Optiarc 5730S. So do that step 1st thing before you even entertain installing something like this, then buy it if the software says that your notebook is compatible with BluRay