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men1608
2025-07-30 15:37:24
Bought this to watch blu-ray movies on my 15" retina MBP.I have a sizeable collection of blu-ray movies (2D & 3D), which I watch at home (in my bedroom), using a Pioneer HTZ-BD32 home theatre system and a 40" Samsung 3D LED TV. While I enjoyed watching movies at home, I wanted something that would enable me to watch blu-ray movies on my rMBP when I was not at home. After researching a few blu-ray players/writers, I settled on the Pioneer, mainly because of my good experience with the home theatre system. The cost was a bit of a concern, especially considering that I could get 2 Samsung blu-ray writers for the same price as 1 Pioneer BDR-XU03. I placed my order on Friday, 18 July 2014. The estimated delivery date was Wednesday, 23 July 2014, at 20h00. The blu-ray writer was delivered on Monday, 21 July 2014, at 09h00. Very impressive, considering I'm in South Africa.First of all, this thing is beautiful. It makes the Apple Superdrive (which I have) look outdated. It's also much thinner and lighter than the Superdrive. It matches my rMBP in terms of looks and thinness. If the Pioneer logo was not on the BDR-XU03, one would assume it was made by Apple; that's how beautiful it is. The included stand is a nice touch; it gives it a sense of style and sophistication.Does it play blu-ray movies on a Mac right out of the box? No, it doesn't. At least not without additional software (which is clearly stated on the box). I bought MacGo Mac Blu-ray Player for $40 to accompany the BDR-XU03. It's a match made in Pioneer heaven. I can now play all my 2D and 3D (in 2D mode on rMBP) blu-ray movies on my rMBP. The basic settings are there: movie language, subtitles, chapter selection. Played movie in full screen mode. The clarity is amazing on the retina display. I also downloaded the Pioneer Drive Utility, which has additional functionality for the BDR-XU03, like playing the blu-rays at slower speeds to reduce drive noise when watching movies. DVD movies also play well, with the standard options available on blu-ray movies.I have not used the blu-ray writing capability of this device yet, and shall update this review once I have done that.Overall, I'm very happy I bought the BDR-XU03 for my blu-ray movies.
Michelangelo
2025-06-14 17:55:38
Every once in a while a nice little thing comes in your way to make your life a little bit easier.:)I have purchased this burner for a very simple reason: I need to create a well organized and long lasting archive on MDISC of all my stuff (video, photos, data, previous backups, basically anything I have).To be totally honest I had my doubts about two main things: the OS compatibility of this thing AND, most importantly, its ability to deal with MDISCs.In short: it works everywhere, it burns and reads MDISC (I've used BDs).Let me elaborate on both points:* it works everywhere: the first thing I did was plug it in a MacBook Pro running macOS Sierra. It works like a charm and gets recognized as soon as a disc is present. You can burn your data discs directly from the Finder.Also, it works nicely on my FreeBSD box: using it with cdrutils is a piece of cake. This means that almost certainly it'll work with Linux too.* MDISC compatibility: my main use-case for this burner. Even though it's not clearly stated anywhere: YES, this thing DOES SUPPORT MDISCS. I've used it to burn few MDISCs (BD) and they were written perfectly at a 2x speed.I really cannot find anything wrong with this burner: it's compact, does its job nicely, it's quiet and works with every optical media I need. It might not be the fastest on the market but it certainly makes life a hell lot easier as no cable is needed: just plug the thing in a USB3 port (powered) and you're done. No cables, no power bricks, nothing.The included app for Mac (Toast Lite) is very limited indeed: you can basically just burn data discs and clone existing ones, nothing else as most of its features require you to buy either a Pro or Titanium license. But most likely you won't need it: there are so many choices...In short: great buy.
nelson
2025-05-16 17:38:53
No es multiregion, te permite cambiar la region hasta 5 veces solamente. La calidad es muy buena con una mac debes comprar el software especial pra reproducir blue-ray, el producto es bueno en calidad.
MC
2025-04-17 14:57:25
I replaced my old Pioneer XD05B Blu-Ray drive which stopped working after a couple of years with this one. This drive is quieter and feels much more well-built although the body is plastic. It's a bit thicker than the XD05B. I only use it to play regular Blu-Ray movies on my MacBook and works great so far. Hope this one lasts longer.
Daniel Alejandro Gómez Meza
2025-03-30 12:56:06
Llego antes de tiempo, muy rápido. los materiales son muy resistentes y bien hechos. Vale su precio. Obvio para Mac necesitas una aplicacion aparte para ver peliculas BluRay, hay que bajar una buena app, por que con aplicaciones gratis o chafas jala mal el dispositivo y hace mucho ruido. Recomiendo: BluRay Player Pro. Tambien quema a una velocidad media lenta pero excelente. Totalmente recomendado
elivano
2025-03-03 16:28:24
Un très bon article. Très bon fonctionnement et répond aux attentes.
KW
2025-01-09 10:05:06
The drive in my laptop failed and it was more economic to buy this than have it repaired. This one also plays Blu-ray disks. Does exactly what it says in the advertising
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