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Apple is also silent on its support for blu ray drives i think. Sony has, in the past, succeeded in creating new media formats and then profiting from the licenses when the technology went mainstream. Internal bluray drives free delivery possible on eligible purchases. Are there any external bluray drives that work with the new macbook pro with retina diaplay. Take a look at this picture with the supported models. Get the best deals on sata bluray internal laptop drives drives when you shop the largest online selection at. However, the mac pro is capable of supporting thirdparty optical drive options that include bluray.
External 3d blu ray dvd drive burner, wihool ultra slim usb 3. Our internal bluray disc drives can assist in modernising your pc by providing bluray compatibility. The drive is a slimline, slotloading model designed to serve as a replacement to the internal optical drive included on slotloading. Hi has anyone here installed an internal blu ray drive in a macbook pro 15 mid2011 and played blu ray disks successfully. Asked by fn sep 3, 2012 flag as inappropriate are there any external bluray drives that work with the new macbook pro with retina diaplay. Can i replace internal dvd drive with a bluray drive. Mce internal 16x bluray recordable drive for mac pro and. Bluray discs are the gold standard in physical video formats right now. Your online video gave me the confidence to replace the drive myself. If you have a desktop system, its no problem to install an internal bluray drive. Aluminum external usb bluray writer super drive for apple. A macbook with superdrive, an panasonic matshita uj167 9. This is due to the mac pro early 2008 series only coming with the pata 40 pin cable. Mce ships first internal bluray recordable drive for.
Mce technologies mce has announced that it has begun shipping the firstever internal bluray recordable drive for macbook pro. Depending on the computer operating system it runs on, the bluray player software is divided into two general categories. Is there an internal bluray drive for macbook pro yet. Now remove the top metal shell of the new bluray drive in the same fashion. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. Browse our external and internal bluray options online.
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I know panasonic made an internal bluray drive that could fit in the bay, but not sure of the model 9. There is thirdparty bluray player software, but its new and reportedly still buggy. Fastmac has introduced its 2x bluray disc superdrive. Sata bluray internal laptop drives drives for sale ebay. Maybe third party bluray play back support will be needed. It depends on weather you have a bluray media player or not. Blu ray was sonys attempt to secure a high definition television disk format and it cost the company dearl. Hi, i have searched the communities to find out if i can get a bluray drive for my mbp running lion, but i only keep finding articles about very creative workarounds. Place any internal bluray, dvd or cd drive into an owc external enclosure to create a custom optical drive solution. It has a read and writes speed of 6x for bluray discs. As a mobile dj, i wore out the optical drive in my macbook from ripping thousands of cds. I just want an internal drive that will play my movies like it is supposed to. If you are like me you want your macbook pro equipped with an internal 9.
Their are some with 12,5mm in height, but they will only fit in a 17 macbook pro. The asus 12x bluray drive has a 16x burning speed, which is among the fastest of the optical drives out there. The external bluray drive makes your macbook has ability to read the files on your bluray disc, but has no right to playback, the contents on the bluray disc are encrypted. It seems like apple, with his eagerness to design the thinnest notebooks, has made it almost impossible to install an internal bluray drive inside a unibody macbook pro. External blu ray dvd drive 3d, slim external bluray player usb 3. Our selection includes internal and external optical drives, cddvdbluray burners, disc duplicators, and more. The mce technologies 16x bluray internal recordable drives for apple mac pro and power mac and external usb recordable drives for mac are the fastest. The only official custom configuration option apple offers for the second 5. Looking to upgrade but i cant seem to find any internal bluray drives that would work for a 15. It can write on both dual and triple layer bluray discs. This will also give you disctodisc copying capability.