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To as 1x speed), so a 12x speed rating for the Plextor PX-LB950UE is equivalent The default read rate for Blu-ray media is 4.5 megabytes per second (referred In simple terms, the finer stream of light allows more information to be packed intoĪ the same space, thus data density can be greatly Precise, a 405nm blue laser is used which has a shorter wavelength than the traditionalĦ50nm red laser you're no doubt familiar with from the era of the CD. The 'blu' in Blu-ray refers to the wavelength of light emitted from the laser. Be sure the cables are firmly seated before turning the device on, they will engage without excessive force if the cable overmould is notīutting up against the surrounding bezel.īlu-ray is the high capacity successor to DVD and The surrounding plastic bezel is a tight fit. Incidently it's aīit of a tight fit to get the USB and eSATA cables into the slots as The rear of the Plextor PX-LB950UE features a USB-B 3.0ĭata port, eSATA data port, DC power jack and power switch. USB 3.0 will deliver (for any use other than BD media, USB 2 should be fine).Ī clear plastic stand is supplied if you want to keep it one edge to save USBģ.0 cables are backwards compatible with USB 2.0 ports, but this is not recommended as theĭata rates for USB 2.0 are far far less than what PX-LB950UE connects to the PC via a USB 3.0 (blue) or eSATA cable. Power is supplied by the aforementioned 12V 2A DC power adaptor.

#External blu ray burner reviews 2011 manual#

The only controls on the front of the drive are theĮject button, a status LED and manual eject hole for removing This is an external optical drive, chances are you'll be touching itįrequently so Plextor kindly include a small micro-fiber cleaning The plastic chassis is finished in a shiny black coating that looks fantasticīut gets smeared with fingerprints like no tomorrow. TheĮntire unit weighs 1.2kg and measures 22 x 16 x 5cm it fits nicely next to a laptop without taking up much

A small power brick allows this drive to be used outside of aĬomputer chassis as it does not draw power via the USB cable. The drives' native SATA connection into USB 3.0 and eSATA. Optical drive with a custom bridge board to split

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Manual, eSATA cable, USB 3.0 cable, PowerDVD 9 BD software andĪn external chassis wrapped around a PX-LB950 SA internal Playback demands an HDCP compliant videocard and display as is typically the case. USB 3.0 or eSATA ports, minimum 1GB RAM and WinXP SP2. Minimum system requirements call for at least a 3.4GHz Pentium D or higher CPU, Top of the line 12x Blu-ray writing and playback, along with external CD and DVD authoring to modern PC systems. ( Newegg ), the Plextor PX-LB950UE brings Retailing for about $219 CDN ($220 USD £140 GBP) Priced aįew dollars higher, double layer BD-R media will soak up 50GB of data on one disk! For ~$13 a disk,Ī single layer recordable BD-R disk will hold 25GB of data.

That digital photographs, audio, movies or what have you. Than DVD media for archiving MASSIVE amounts of data, be The bonus to going the Blu-ray writer route, is that BD-R media is even more useful With more and more computers sporting HDMI video outputs, it's not asĭifficult to connect a PC to a wide screen HDTV as it once was either. Suite (Power DVD, Producer, Director, 2Go, Backup, InstantBurn and LabelPrintĮxternal Blu-ray drives make the prospect of turning a simple computer system intoĪn advanced Home Theatre PC for watching high definition Blu-ray movies quite alluring. Plextor ship the Px-LB950UE with PowerDVD 9 BD Software Reading and writing to DVD-RAM and Dual-Layered DVD-R discs, CD-R and CD-RW formats.

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This full sized external opticalĭrive naturally accommodates DVD authoring in both the + and - formats, as well as The drive packs in a 8MB buffer and supports LightScribeĭirect media labeling with the appropriate lightscribe media.

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In addition, it supports the playback of Blu-ray 3D movie titles. Via USB 3.0 or eSATA cables and is capable of burning single layerĭouble layer BD media at 8x and DVD-R media atġ6x speeds. In recent weeks the talk of the town has been aįrom the folks at Plextor.