[QUOTE=TomDD;2694494]Wondered if anybody here has had any experience with this laptop drive and would recommend it?
TomDD[/QUOTE]
Ok took the plunge and bought one as they are cheap(ish) on eBay at the moment. Have burnt a few BD-R discs at x4 and so far so good, no coasters and the burns all verified fine. I also ran a transfer rate test (TRT) and all seemed good.
For those who are interested here is some info:
Nero InfoTool 8.0.1.100
Drive Information
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Drive : Optiarc BD RW BD-5740L
Type : Blu-ray Rewriter DL
Firmware Version : 1.5A
Buffer Size : 6016 KB
Date : ?
Serial Number : xxx
Vendor Specific : Mar30,2011
Drive Letter : E:\
Location : 0:3
Mechanism : Tray
Read Speed : 6.0 X
Write Speed : 6.0 , 4.0 , 2.0 X
Read CD Text : Yes
Return C2 Pointers : Yes
Read CD-R : Yes
Read CD-RW : Yes
Read DVD-ROM : Yes
Read DVD-RAM : Yes
Read DVD-R : Yes
Read DVD-RW : Yes
Read DVD-R DL : Yes
Read DVD+R : Yes
Read DVD+RW : Yes
Read DVD+R DL : Yes
Read BD-ROM : Yes
Read BD-R : Yes
Read BD-RE : Yes
Read HD DVD-ROM : No
Read HD DVD-R : No
Read HD DVD-R DL : No
Read HD DVD-RAM : No
Read HD DVD-RW : No
Read HD DVD-RW DL : No
Read HD-BURN : No
Read Digital Audio : Yes
Read CD+G : Yes
Read VideoCD : Yes
Write CD-R : Yes
Write CD-RW : Yes
Write DVD-R : Yes
Write DVD-RW : Yes
Write DVD-R DL : Yes
Write DVD+R : Yes
Write DVD+RW : Yes
Write DVD+R DL : Yes
Write DVD-RAM : No
Write DVD-RAM : Yes
Write BD-R : Yes
Write BD-RE : Yes
Write HD DVD-R : No
Write HD DVD-R DL : No
Write HD DVD-RAM : No
Write HD DVD-RW : No
Write HD DVD-RW DL : No
Write HD-BURN-R : No
Write HD-BURN-RW : No
Buffer Underrun Protection : Yes
Mount Rainier : No
SolidBurn : No
Labelflash : No
LightScribe : No
Modes : Pa, LTA, LDA, LSA, LRA, LRA, LRA, LRA, LRA, LRA
Region Protection Control : RPC II
Region : none
Changes User : 5
Changes Vendor : 4
CSS : Yes
CPRM : Yes
AACS : Yes
VCPS : No
TomDD
