I was interested to see if anyone knew anything about the Plextor PX-B310U. The specs for Blu-ray are: Read Speeds: BD-ROM 6x BD-R 6x BD-R DL 4x BD-RE 6x Access Times BD-ROM 350ms Connection Type USB 2.0 Buffer 2MB Here are a couple of links to the drive if that helps: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details. ... VqHCjCdwwp http://www.cdrlabs.com/Optical-Drives/plextor-px-b310u-blu-ray-di ... combo.html This is an external Blu-ray Drive, retailing for 199$. What I was interested to know is if anyone knew if this was a good Blu-ray drive for: 1: Ripping blu-rays, to make digital copies of my collection. 2: Is there anything better for around the same 200$ price tag. I'm using a laptop, so sadly can't get an internal drive. So for an external option, is this good, and will it work for ripping Blu-ray? I wasn't sure where to post this please forgive my ignorance if this is in the wrong location. Thank you for the help! Ruk
I'm pretty happy with my B310u, specially considering it's an external unit and the abuse I seem to put all my computer electronics through. :/ For BD ripping, it's a solid drive. I have not had any issues while backing up both my brothers' and my BD collections and speed wise, it's very consistent. Referring to drives hovering around the 200 dollar mark, there aren't many that stand out for the features the bx310u has. You can look at the Liteon dx401s, yet it's slower in all the tests. Just my .02
