LG GGC-H20L Blu-ray Drive in x64

[Guest Jim]

I am thinking of adding a LG GGC-H20L to my x64 system. I already

have two Plextor DVD drives, but they are IDE and the LG is SATA.

 

Has anyone had experience with Blu-ray software in x64, and with this

LG drive in particular. The drive is only $180.00 at NewEgg.com with

free shipping.

 

Thank you!

 

Jim

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: LG GGC-H20L Blu-ray Drive in x64

 

Sounds OK, as long as you understand that it does not write to blu-ray discs

but only reads them.

 

"Jim" <jmegas@cal.berkeley.edu> wrote in message

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>I am thinking of adding a LG GGC-H20L to my x64 system. I already

> have two Plextor DVD drives, but they are IDE and the LG is SATA.

>

> Has anyone had experience with Blu-ray software in x64, and with this

> LG drive in particular. The drive is only $180.00 at NewEgg.com with

> free shipping.

>

> Thank you!

>

> Jim

[Guest Jim]

Re: LG GGC-H20L Blu-ray Drive in x64

 

On Apr 19, 12:05 am, "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnho...@comcast.net>

wrote:

> Sounds OK, as long as you understand that it does not write to blu-ray discs

> but only reads them.

 

Colin,

 

That's ok with me. The Blu-ray burners are too expensive for me, and

they don't write very fast anyway. I'd like to be able to say I saw a

movie in Blu-Ray. I have a SCSI tape for backup.

 

BTW, it turns out LSI didn't release a Vista 64 driver for my onboard

SCSI, so I will be sticking with x64 until the end. <g> Or at least

nobody on the Tyan forum or at Tyan technical support told me where I

could find a Vista 64-bit driver for the chip. I did find an x64

driver for it on LSI's website.

 

I think you and I built our x64 machines around the same time. My

270s are fairly lame by today's standard, but I'm not about to buy any

new memory, and I don't do anything which is that processor intensive

anyway.

 

I have upgraded the video card, so it should be fine for Blu-ray.

 

Thanks for answering!

 

Jim