Blu-Ray drive in external case for mac?

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drew137

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Would it be possible to get a Blu-Ray drive (Rectron has a special on :D) and jam it in an external case and run it via firewire to my Mac Pro to play Blu-Ray movies?
 
drew137 said:
I wonder if this will work? http://www.careerbuilder.com/Defaul...bfe08c07af44288a95006f7396b677-288364185-wr-6

Just use the SATA for the Blu Ray drive? Drivers could be an issue?
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I do not know what that carreer link has to do with it?:D

This should work if you have an SATA 2.0 port (It should be faster than Firewire)

http://www.simplicityonline.co.za/s....html?osCsid=7038f406ac64409f110fca9863488307

They have stock.

http://www.sybaritic.co.za/store/product_info.php?cPath=141_209&products_id=9647


http://www.prophecy.co.za/vipower-vp9218-interface-converter-usb20-external-esata-p-19329.html

As can be deduced from here it is MAC/OS compatible:
http://tw.vipower.com/products01_01.php?ID=374&Search=true
http://www.megashop.ru/product-45166535.html

1 x Serial ATA
1 x USB 2.0
Apple MacOS
MS Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP
• USB 2.0
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Its cheap! You need an external 5.2" box or rather use as is in PC 5.2'' bay with small "mod" to link this unit to internal on board USB2.0 port.
 
drew137 said:
Would it be possible to get a Blu-Ray drive (Rectron has a special on :D) and jam it in an external case and run it via firewire to my Mac Pro to play Blu-Ray movies?
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Jobs has called Blu Ray a "Big bag of hurt" so I dunno why you'd want to haha :).

You could, but only under Windoze Bootcamp and since the gfx card in the Mac Pro is probably not HDCP certified, neither is the Apple Cinema Display, you'd need Slysoft's AnyDVDHD or Fengtao's DVDRegionFreeHD.

You could jam in an internal drive:
http://store.fastmac.com/index.php?cPath=10_2_52
or use an external one:
http://fastmac.com/blurayext

However, as said you'd only be able to watch movies under Bootcamp and/or
Parallels with an app from Slysoft or Fengtao.

I've been thinking the same thing as I have a 30 inch Dell monitor which is HDCP certified but decided
it's just a waste of money. LG BD-writers (internal) sell for R2500 in computer shops.
 
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drew137 said:
But will it work via firewire the Mac Pro has no SATA :(
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The Mac pro has SATA2 connectors inside, it can house 4 Sata2 drive with
2 more if you remove the DVD Writer. You can also put a BD writer below the
DVD writer in that bay, Mac OSX will recognise it and Toast will burn BD
content. However, Macs DVD player will not play BDs. It does play HD-DVDs
and DVDs.
 
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