Is this a combo or a Blu-Ray writer ?
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Not sure what you mean by combo - reader/writer? Then yes - reads and writes CD's, DVD's and Blu-Rays
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It reads & writes most disc media. I use mainly to backup photos and watch BR movies on HDTV thru a Mac Mini.
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Both it will pretty much burn anything from cdrs to bluray mdiscs, I believe it is quad layer capable.
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sorry, can't assist. I use it to write blu-rays from my PC,, have never needed to try and play using it, have a blu-ray player for that.
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I suppose you arent being funny because there is a fairly good description on amazon It plays blu ray discs besides DVDs and also media files stored on a USB drive such as mp3, mp4, wmv, avi & jpgs.
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According to the installation guide, it will play Blu Ray but it says nothing about writing to Blu Ray. It says to use HDCP compatible display and VGA card to get HD digital output. I would contact Asus direct or try http://www.cyberlink.com
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I cant confirm, as I havent tried to burn a Blu Ray disk. But I would be surprised if it required additional software to burn one. Then again, I was surprised to find it didnt come with Microsoft Office. Sorry I couldnt be of more help.
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With the right software, you can play Blu-ray 3D movies (I highly recommend CorelWin BD). Same thing goes for editing the home videos but I don't know the right software.
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Yes, the BluRay drive and writer can also be used to view and write both CDs and DVDs.
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Sorry, only 1 HDMI output. Composite is a little outdated, so you probably won't be finding it on most of your Blue Ray players.
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I have used several: DVD FAB, Nero 11 and several iso burners. The only thing I tried that failed completely was the Windows burner. It is an absolute bust at Blu-Ray. Blu-Ray burning is a real resource hog I am using win7, quad core running at 3.2Ghz and 8 Gig of RAM and when burning I still can't do anything else.
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Sorry, I've never used Blu-Ray, but I don't believe it is. This unit has worked very well for dubbing DVD's and tapes to DVD, but I can't find my owner's manual - I just moved and it's in one of many boxes. I did some online Googling and the specs I found that said what formats are playable did not include Blu-Ray.
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It is, however you need to purchase the software if you plan on running as a Blu Ray player. This is hardware only. I ended up returning it because it would not consistently play my Blu Rays. I would not recommend.
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I ended up going with Adobe Premiere CS5. I'm setting up a two drive (2TB x2, 7200RPM) RAID-0 setup in an external enclosure hooked up via eSATA as a dedicated video editing drive. Hopefully this will allow everything to run nice and smooth. I'd like to edit in 1080/60p and then have the option to finalize in different formats. For now, either 720/60p or 1080/60i would likely make the most sense for Bluray authoring.
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It only lists the following formats as playable: Multi-format playback: Capability now includes DVD-/+R, DVD-/+RW, VCD, SVCD, CD-R, CD-RW, and MP3 playback for flexible playback options.BD is not among them. I say that because, while I own one, I've never actually tried putting a blu-ray disc directly into the drive. As far as I know, it is strictly a DVD player. I use a PS3 for my blu-ray needs.I would opt for something else if you want blu-ray capabilities.
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Broadcast is probably 720p. Does the 1080 light illuminate when using a blu ray disc?
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running ta similar system, are you having issues with movies or discs in general. Mine seems to be ok in general but I do have pixilation on some blu-ray movies. Pretty sure it's software though. sorry I couldn't be more help
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I have not tried blu ray as I do not have very many of them. But I can tell you that it will only replay DVD+RW which is a bummer at times, since many dvd's that I have recorded are not.
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This device (model BC-12B1ST) cannot write to Blu-Ray, but it can write to the various DVD-R/RW and CD-R/RW formats. The BW-12B1ST (note the second character is the model name is "W" vs. "C") is Asus' equivalent Blu-Ray writer. I have one of each, and am very satisfied with them both.