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benareeno · Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 1614 Location: ottawa, canada

If I were to require an external blu-ray drive, could I get an e-sata enclosure of some sort and put an internal blu-ray drive in it?

**AnalogRocks** · Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 2:34 am Post subject:

Let us know if you find one. I looked a couple years ago. They may have one by now.

ecrabb

benareeno · Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 1614 Location: ottawa, canada

that's great, but way too expensive...way.

ecrabb · Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 4:46 am Post subject:

Well, that's a burner... I'm just pointing out a BD (in this case, a BD-R) drive in an external case.

In your case (hah!), you take a $60 BD drive, stick it in a $40 eSATA/USB2 case, and you have a $100 external BD drive.

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benareeno · Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 1614 Location: ottawa, canada

that was my question...I can get a esata case and throw an internal drive in it?

ecrabb · Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 5:50 am Post subject:

Again - Yes.

Is there some reason you think you can't?

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WanMan · Joined: 19 Mar 2006 Posts: 10270

Why eSATA? Do you foresee a need for high-bandwidth transport? I know Plextor is suppose to be out with an external BD player, USB2, for $100.

benareeno · Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 1614 Location: ottawa, canada

I thought E-sata would be best...but if USB will be fine, then I would be fine with that too.

ecrabb · Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 7:27 pm Post subject:

Given that the price difference is negligible, why wouldn't you go with an eSATA/USB 2 case, Wan? From what I'm reading, a 12x BD-R can hit almost 400mbps. Since USB 2 tops out about 320mbps in practice, I would think the eSATA could come in handy sometimes. 25GB is a lot of data, and even a small difference in bandwidth would make a big difference in transfer times if you're moving lots of big files around.

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WanMan · Joined: 19 Mar 2006 Posts: 10270

I only mentioned the Plextor option because it was a finished external product complete with software. I have no loyalties to Plextor, USB, or eSATA.

Mind you eSATA is nice, but then takes on traits of SATA devices, handled as such by the operating system, and is limited in portability to other computing devices (such as computers without eSATA ports. Smile

For DVD authoring, DVD/DVD/BD playback there is more than enough bandwidth under USB2 to handle the compressed =data stream. It is when you get into authoring BD's, etc. that it becomes a bigger concern. I might have missed the OP's authoring needs, though. Smile

Hey, I do use eSATA on my DirecTV HR-21 HD DVRs. By using the eSATA with an external hard drive it bypasses the internal drive and I get much bigger recording capacity. But that is a very dedicated application. I had championed for eSATA but the uptake in the industry was slow enough to practically kill it. And not USB3 is out, waiting for products, and operates on the Gigabit level.

bbfarmht · Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 3:39 am Post subject:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817707134

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136185

I just noticed this thread Ben. Those are what I just bought. It took no time to mount and install the drivers. I had more time into driving and buying the Esata cable than I did getting it going. My total cost was roughly 160$.

akajester · Joined: 09 Jul 2008 Posts: 934 Location: Wisconsin

I spent $60 and just stuck the drive in the tower. It was the cheapest solution. you can put it into a usb case any time if you need it external or portable.

dale