SONY Black 12X BD-R 2X BD-RE 8X DVD+R 5X DVD-RAM 8X BD-ROM 8MB Cache SATA Blu-ray Burner BWU-500S

Pros: Reads and plays Blu-ray movie disks fine.

Cons: I am unable to create DVDs and Blu-rays using Roxio Creator 2012. It goes to about 80% of disk creation and Windows reports: "Program not responding." I have created the same Blu-rays with my older LG drive and they worked fine. I have the latest Sony firmware upgrade.

Overall Review: I doubt if I will ever purchase another Sony drive.

Pros: Simple setup, just install in the computer, connect the SATA cables, and boot. Windows 7 recognized the drive and everything worked. Didn't even need to download drivers or anything. Includes a Sony BD-R blank disk, so that was a nice surprise. Performed my first BD-R data disk burn (using Nero 10). Burned 19.1 GB to the disk in 11 minutes. File verification was fine, and no errors.

Cons: None.

Pros: 1) I have 'ALWAYS' had good luck with Sony products, and with this drive there is no exception. 2) Looks good, very fast, quiet, and does what it is supposed to do – no coasters yet. 3) Comes with bundled software to get you up and going (Retail Box).

Cons: None so far! It is a bit pricey in comparison to other drives, but you do get what you pay for, so not really a con in the long run.

Overall Review: My new PC Build for reference is as follows: - CM Storm Sniper 'Black Edition' - RAIDMAX RX-1200AE 1200W PSU - Intel i7 2600K (Rocken' at 4.8GHz) - CM V6GT (Top-Notch air cooling for OC'ing i7 2600K) - G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB - ASRock P67 Extreme 6 (This thing ROCKS!!!) - ocZ Vertex 3 120GB SSD, SATA III (Incredible) - Western Digital VelociRaptor 600GB, SATA III - Dual EVGA GTX 580 - SLI

Pros: decent price solid burns everytime. 2 or 3 coasters with cheap Optical Quantum Media out of 250+. (10 for $10 bd-r e b a y) verbatim support dual layer support LTH support dvd's burn fast as well

Cons: none so far owned for 3 months still working perfectly.

Overall Review: sony looks to be the one to buy BD burners from. this drive works. period. i tried lite-on i tried LG i've tried em all. they all break or need to be RMA'd. this drive is the only BD burner i have burned nearly 250 BD-R/BD-R DL with and its still going strong. get yourself this drive with some imgburn goodness or dvdfab, buy some cheap media or verbatim and burn away!

Pros: Installation is extremely easy, even for someone who has never installed an optical drive before. The included software is fantastic. It is very intuitive and easy to use, and includes everything you need to play or burn Blu-ray discs.

Cons: The drive is on the expensive side, but still worth it.

Pros: Easy to install.I played with it with some JVC 50gb BD-RE. I put some movies[video cam] on a disc and watched them.I erased the movies and put some mp3's and listened to them.Everything I tried was great.I've waited quite awhile for these burners to come down in price.I researched a lot before I decided on this drive.In my opinion this is the one to buy.It really does a great job.

Cons: None other than I had a little trouble finding out where to register it.

Overall Review: It would be nice if these burners could format a bd-re at 100x. ;)

Pros: Reads fast and burns bluray movies like crazy

Cons: The software is garbage. Get DVD FAB you will love it

Overall Review: i can burn a full bluray movie average 25 minutes exellent quality .

Pros: Solid, quiet and accurate. What more does it need to do? None of that lightscribe nonsense. I'm done with that. Good riddance.

Cons: If it lasts? None

Overall Review: Get one!