Just wondering if it's worth purchasing a BLu-Ray writer in this day and age? THey never really had a good market as they were quickly taken over by HDD (hard disk drives and SATA/ ) as well as External HDD, USB drives that well exceeded the BLu ray size. Was looking at these websites:
https://www.computeralliance.com.au/pioneer-usb-3.0-external…
or
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Pioneer-BDR-XD05TB-Slim-External…
Physical media? What's that, old timer?
as above, the question is, you burn bluray or not
If you want the ultimate in Home Theatre entertainment, its worth it.
Just hook up a SFF PC like a Dell Optiplex 9020, or a new built slim pc (eg SilverStone rvz02-6700k).
That way you could have an All-in-One box for your console gaming, emulators, streaming, movies, web browsing.
Windows Media Centre works like a treat on Windows10, so that's what I would recommend a BluRay drive for (playing 4K BluRay movies).
…though as stated above, Slim External HDD's (500GB - 2TB) are now the de facto storage method.
BDR-XD05TB seems to have alot of bad reviews, but average experience is quite positive.
I would get the Pioneer BDR-XS06.
Is it worth buying Blu-Ray Writer for backing up ?
Yeah, if you lives next to EMP equipment.
You know that you need the latest PC specs/mobo to use it due to compatibility?
Cheers
I dont build with a cd/dvd/bluray anymore, I use the space for moar usb ports and card readers.
Generally I think an optical drive in a desktop is a sensible move, even if lots of people and manufacturers now avoid them. Not only are they useful for offsite, non-volatile backups of your most important data, they are good for ripping disks (music CD, DVDs, Blu Rays). I wouldn't overpay (eg ~$70-80), and I'm not necessarily convinced of externals, but I also wouldn't buy a case without scope to have an optical drive.
Saying that, it's quite a while since I've burnt a disk, much more on the reading side of things.
Well, one could assume that would be roughly correlated with how many Blu-Rays one wishes to burn.