By: urbinaaugusto (14-Oct-08)      Experience with product: 2 Years

Strengths:	IDE, zero damage discs
Weaknesses:	slower

Full User Summary
I purchase this bluray burner 1 year and half for burnning bluray movies and play them to my sony PS3. It haven't failed burning any bluray discs (I always use only Sony brand). In addtion, I burned discs of different brands (DVD-R and CD-R) for regular movies and music. I did not have any complain. Nowadays, you can get bluray burner of SATA insted of IDE connection. Its IDE connect became this burner slower; however, not all PCs support SATA.

By: gigantopithecus (29-Feb-08)      Experience with product: 1

Strengths:	Versatility, massive storage capabilities for an optical disc
Weaknesses:	Too new to be mainstream, thus still pricey

Full User Summary
The burner itself is rather expensive, and the discs themselves are much pricier than blank DVDs. However, comparing $/gb cost vs. DL DVDs, blank Blu-ray discs are cheaper. I anticipate that by the end of 2008, blank Blu-rays will make this burner more economical than using hard drives for data storage.Playback of commercial Blu-ray discs requires software that is freely available on the internet (just Google "free Blu-ray movie player"). It does not require any additional hardware provided that your video card & monitor already support the hi-def format (HDCP-compliant video card is a requirement). So, yeah, that's a bit of extra leg work, but it's nothing too excessive. You'll also need a current generation cpu. (All of which you almost certainly have if you're considering dropping $300+ on an optical drive.)

By: halmomani (27-Nov-07)      Experience with product: 2 Months

Strengths:	writes up tp 50 GB
Weaknesses:	none

Full User Summary
If you have HD camcorder you gotta have this Blu Ray Writer. It really works, I am not sure why others had problem with it but it worked out of the box. This is one bad DVD writer that can deliver.

By: jtr (12-May-07)      Experience with product: 5 Days

Strengths:	Lots of storage and plays home blu-ray movies if you have a fast computer and new video card
Weaknesses:	Drive was expensive. Discs are expensive. Need a fast computer and video card. Cant play commercial DVDs without software that is not included

Full User Summary
If you don't need the 25gb/50gb of storage, you may be better of sticking with DVD burner for now until media lowers to a reasonable price. 20-25 a disc is a little too pricy and home blu-ray movies don't look that much better on my 26" monitor.

By: infini2001 (12-Apr-07)      Experience with product: 2

Strengths:	high def capability and a good cover color
Weaknesses:	too pricey and too slow to be a mainstream burner yet.

Full User Summary
I bought it because I am a new tech-loving person.However, I cannot recommend this to other people. First of all, format war hasn't been done yet. Secondly, it is too expansive. I think about 150-200 bucks would be ok price. Thirdly, its driver and softwares are so buggy and this burner is too slow. Wait about a couple of years, then we might get a good HD burner.