Blu-ray drive questions, labeling option?

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Hello :)

I am in the market for a Blu-ray drive. I have never bought one before, so I would like to get the "best" in my price range.

One thing I was looking for was a labeling option, like lightscribe. This was an option for some dvd drives a few years ago. It let people laser etch an image or title on the surface of the dvd instead of having to affix a label or write on it with a marker.

Lightscribe was discontinued, but I am wondering if anything similar exists for Blu-ray? Also, are the M-disks worth it? And how well does Blue-ray work for backup?

Also, is this a decent drive? https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA4UG2KY6548&ignorebbr=1

Thank you for your time
 
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Asus makes great products, but when it comes to optical drives, there are only so many companies that make them and then any other brand is just a re-labeled product.

For quality and media compatibility I have only ever used Pioneer Blue Ray Burners and the comparable version from Pioneer is actually cheaper than the ASUS one:)

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827129076

If you can spare the extra $20 over the asus one, I would get the higher level one from Pioneer.... It supports Ultra HD Blue Ray discs (Blue Ray disks specifically for 4k content....)

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827129090

I don't know much about the "M" Discs, but even basic blue ray R disks have a harder coating than DVD's and CD's, therefore lasting longer. Archival blue ray disks should last many years, I have never tried them.

The other issue is that hard drives have gotten so cheap.... 128GB BL-R discs are still around $20 each in lots of 100 disks. I can get allot of 4TB portable hard drives for that type of money and make multiple back ups on hard drives for the cost of the blu ray investment.
 
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K, well, as i mentioned in the OP, they don't make lightscribe anymore. I was wondering if there was a replacement. But even if it did shorten the life of the drive, i would completely still buy it. I despise having to make a separate label, and if the label is done on an ink jet the ink will run as soon as it gets wet. So yeah, I would buy light scribe even if it only lasted half as long
 
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Hi, I'm really into digital movies and I store them all on blue-ray. I use both single sided and sometimes dual layer. I sometimes have problems getting the blanks to burn (I have a bit of a coaster collection) but ... once burned ... I've never had one fail.
Someone suggested just getting a HDD instead ... I used to do that until I had one fail ... lost 200 or so movies ... at least if a blue-ray ever fails (never has yet) I would only lose 8 or 10 ... that's the way I look at it anyway.
If you wait for sales ... you can get blank singles for like $0.50 and blank duals for $1.00 ... you have to buy packs of 50 for that.
Thinking of the burner (and player for my movies) ... since I use laptops I probably have the worst of all options ... a usb external (Asus) ... works great though ... I'm superstitious about burning and never go beyond 2X for burn speed.
 
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correct me if I am wrong, but arent the big 128 GB discs different than the smaller ones for movies? I wanted to know how well they stood up
 
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Even using standard blu ray disc's the coatings are harder and last longer than cds or DVD's. So, yes they last longer. Archival discs will last even longer. How long? I can't tell you.
Capacity like 25gb, 50gb, 100gb, or 128gb should not make a difference in the quality of the coating. (Funny thing is, I have never seen a quad layer 128gb disc), I have only seen 100gb discs.
 
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