BUFFALO MediaStation Desktop 16x External Blu-ray Drive for PC with USB 3.0. Plays and Burns Blu-Rays, DVDs, and CDs.
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- COMPATIBLE WITH WINDOWS AND MAC COMPUTERS.
- WRITES BLU-RAY DISCS UP TO 128 GB - High capacity burning.
- US-BASED SUPPORT - 2-year manufacturers warranty.
- HIGH SPEED CONNECTION - Fast USB 3.0 technology.
- BLU-RAY SPEEDS - 12x read / 16x write.
- DVD SPEEDS - 16x read / 16x write.
- MADE IN JAPAN Quality made and fully TAA compliant.
Standing screen display size: 8.7 Inches
Hard Drive: 128 GB Optical Drive
National Stock Number: 7025-01-599-9021
Brand: BUFFALO
Series: BUFFALO Desktop Blu-ray Drive
Item model number: BRXL-16U3
Hardware Platform: PC
Operating System: Windows
Item Weight: 2.65 pounds
Product Dimensions: 8.66 x 1.97 x 6.3 inches
Item Dimensions LxWxH: 8.66 x 1.97 x 6.3 inches
Color: Black
Manufacturer: BUFFALO
Language: English
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: No
Date First Available: April 6, 2013
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Style: MediaStation
I had an LG external Blu-ray burner for quite a long time that handled burning BDXL discs. It was a pretty good burner, although it didn't always "play well" with Windows. I often had to unplug it from the wall, plug it back in, and even reboot Windows sometimes so that the OS would recognize the device. Still, it served me pretty well for quite a few years and so I was "happy" with it. Minus the snafus, of course. And minus the times I considered throwing it against the wall. Then after quite a few years of service it finally just puked on me. Actually, I wasn't too mad about that as it gave me an excuse to buy a better and newer burner. But I had to create restore discs for a newly-installed Surface Pro 6 -- I believe that was the model as it is my wife's new work computer she just got late in 2018 -- using Windows 7 Backup and Restore. Yeah, a very stupid name for a built-in application that is included in Windows 10. Blame Microsoft. But no matter what I did it was failing on any disc type. I first tried 50G double-layer Blu-ray, and then a pair of 25G single-layer discs. I preferred the double-layer for that computer because her C drive is using about 50G or more -- don't blame me since I didn't partition it -- since of course I could then get an entire restore setup on one disc, plus the repair disc, of course. No dice. Anyways, besides my minor rant on the naming of "Windows 7 Backup and Restore" on a Windows 10 OS, I actually really like that application. Whenever I set up a computer I always blow away all logical drives, format fresh with a C drive for OS and applications and a D drive for my personal files only, then install from DVD that I created earlier using Microsoft's new Windows 10 OS ISO creator. And while I'm installing I create multiple snapshots during the installation process so I can go back to simpler installations if necessary. But I generally create at least three shapshots during a fresh install: Windows with drivers and updates installed, with the computer renamed and registered; the previous snapshot plus licensed software -- I use Office 2016 and Nero 2019, and while I like Nero mostly their licensing scheme really stinks; and then the previous snapshot with other apps that don't require licensing such as printer software, dashcam software, etc. I think that this is a great scheme and it has never let me down. Well, unless Microsoft makes some horrible BIOS or UEFI change that breaks my restore discs, of course, and that has happened a few times. While I usually only install a new OS every year or so, this obviously takes a little more time because of the time to create the snapshots, but I think it's worth it. If some app fails, or you get a virus, or anything else bad happens to your PC, you just pop in a Blu-ray disc and restore, and you're back up and running in about 15 minutes, plus new updates since your last snapshot image. But this strategy requires a good external Blu-ray burner of course. And that's where the Buffalo Mediastation 16x Desktop BDXL Blu-Ray Writer comes to the rescue. When I first got this drive there was one thing that I hated: while it has an external AC power adapter -- something that I think is necessary for your primary burner for maximum speed at least -- the Buffalo doesn't actually power up until you plug in the AC cable and the USB cable AND boot up your computer. It seems that the burner recognizes no power through USB so it stays shut down. Now, that is a real problem when you're trying to restore a computer from a disc image because you can't open the tray until there's power, but you really want to put the repair disc in FIRST before booting up so that you can have the BIOS or UEFI ask you if you want to boot from disc. This means that you have to plug in the Buffalo drive for power, plug in the USB cable into your computer, boot up, put the disc in the drive, then reboot so the device will then be able to boot up from an external drive. Ugh. Well, all is not lost. Luckily that should be a fairly-rare use case so it isn't that bad since I maybe only do this two or three times a year maybe for a PC refresh. But after using the drive for a while I realized that this is actually the correct way to power an external burner. Why? Well, what I used to do with my old LG drive: whenever I shut down my PC I then unplugged my burner because I didn't want it left on for long periods without use. It is a waste of electricity, but worse, it has to be hard on the drive to keep it powered on. And plugging in and unplugging AC cables is actually bad on that cable if done often. So, I think that Buffalo got this one right. Other reviewers have complained that the Buffalo is really just an enclosure, and it has another manufacturer's actual burner hardware inside. If true -- I haven't really verified that yet -- to me this is really no big deal. I did notice though that, after going to the Buffalo site, there are no firmware updates available for this drive yet. Hopefully, in the future, when I need to upgrade the firmware, the Buffalo site includes a download for that new firmware and I don't have to go to some other company's site for that update. I'll keep my fingers crossed on that one and it would lower my review score if it happens. But the Buffalo has many things going for it that a customer should expect nowadays. It works almost every time -- check -- it rarely fails on a disc, whether I'm doing a restore on my PC or more often burning data discs with Nero -- check -- it works well with Windows, at least Windows 10 -- check -- it burns almost any current Blu-ray type including BDXL -- check -- it looks great -- check -- it seems to be very fast on any disc type -- check -- and it is REALLY quiet -- check-plus. As a matter of fact, when you burn a disc for the first time, you might think it's not working because it's so quiet. But that is really nice since all burners I've had in the past made quite a bit of noise. Well, I'll go with a big recommendation today on the Buffalo burner. It was one of the only ones that I found that are currently being manufactured that have an external power source AND a tray that pops out. Any for anyone who's ever used burners much, you probably know you want those features for your primary burner. I do have another Pioneer burner that is a slot-loader and it gets it power through USB only. That is fine if you're say on a plane or a bus, or if you're strictly using it as a secondary drive for copying discs. But to me, a slot-loader type is insufficient for my primary burner, for oh so many reasons, and the Buffalo does not have that "feature." Thank God.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2019 by California Dreaming
Style: MediaStation
The hardware of the device works flawlessly, however for the price I would think it would come with some onboard hardware that installs when you plug it in. Every time you want to watch a DVD you're limited to which player you can use and when you want to play a Blu-Ray you have to manually go in to any player that I found so far and edit the settings every time and it's still a coin toss whether you'll get a functioning menu.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2022 by Jason Verga
Style: MediaStation
I love the heavy duty case . It seems to be built very well. The fact that the cd/dvd drawer is located at the top front is especially convenient as it allows it to clear any mouse pads or cables that have to be in front of it. The software is fine and easy enough to use. All in all I am very satisfied with my purchase.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2023 by R. Gibson
Style: MediaStation
Buyer beware! Unit arrived with the security seal broken (fact). It did not ship with an outer cardboard box (fact). Unit appeared worn around the tab that holds the top flap closed (fact), as though it had be opened before (opinion). Unit was wrapped in bubble wrap but with the tape unsecured (fact). All documentation, cables, and software was included (fact). I cannot tell if this unit is a return recycle or refurbished (Opinion inconclusive). Hopefully, the manufacturer's warranty is still valid (unknown) if there are any problems with the drive. Buyer beware.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2023 by Don Griesheimer Don Griesheimer
Style: MediaStation
Works well, appears to be high quality.
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2023 by Amazon Customer
Style: MediaStation
I was a little skeptical about seeing much improvement, I have a brand new HP PC that is fast as greased lightening and so I pretty much expected everything in it to be fast but that was clearly not the case for the Blu-Ray R/W unit that is internal SATA bus attached and should be far faster than anything USB 3 attached but not so. Pro's: - Very Fast, hitting reads at 12x on DVD and 6.7x on BR, and everything else is even faster - True plug n' Play for Win7 (I have not tried Win10 or Mac) - Lay-Flat form factor - Motorized Tray, no fumbling with a pressure hub on a flimsy tray - Heavy with good rubber pads, does not slide around even on a slick surface - For Win7 all needed drivers are already part of the OS, no need to load their bloatware Con's: - Crippled software that is 6 major revisions behind and lots of nag screens to upgrade (Cyberlink's fault) - Count on buying the upgrade if you do not already own a BR authoring package (Cyberlink is a very good package, Roxio also if you prefer) The con's were not an issue for me, I already have the latest CyberLink PowerDirector & PowerDVD, Roxio Creator and other packages to deal with the discs. Here is a BR and DVD comparison to the build in BR unit in my PC (All tests were done on USB 3, USB 2 will be a lot slower) - Rip a 30GB HD home movie from Blu-Ray -- 16 Minutes on Buffalo / 34 Minutes on HP Player -- (30.2 M/s @6.7x Read) - Rip a 4GB HD home movie from DVD -- 4.5 Minutes on Buffalo / 22 Minutes on HP Player -- (16.1 M/s @ 12.2x) I have not found any tools this drive does not work well with including, MakeMKV, CyberLink PowerDirector, Replay Convert, VideoReDo+, VLC and of course WMC and WMP. It would be hard to be happier with the performance, the looks, size, and weight, for a desktop situation, this would not make a good portable drive it is took big and heavy compared to ones designed for portable use. Also keep in mind that for normal playback speed is not a consideration since everything plays at 1x. Reference Information: Tested on: HP Envy 850-065se, Intel i7 6 core CPU, 24GB RAM NVidia GTX 960 w/4GB RAM Samsung 1TB SSD boot drive Seagate 4TB SSHD (8GB SSD + 4TB HD) Win7 - Ultimate
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