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    Portable Slim External DVD/Blu-Ray Drive Slim Slot Load

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by iPhantomhives, Jan 16, 2013.

  1. iPhantomhives

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    Hello :hi2: , I'm looking for Portable Slim External DVD/Blu-Ray Drive slim slot load , any recommendation?

    dvd.jpg I don't really like this kind of drive , they break easily for some reason.

    Thanks in advance.
     
    iPhantomhives, Jan 16, 2013
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    DIGISTOR

    and I seem to break more slotload ones than tray style. you WILL scratch more disks in the slot load as well
     
    KCETech1, Jan 16, 2013
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    That looks great but i forgot to mention price range , $170 seem a bit expansive isn't it?
     
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    its also a BD writer, but does work well. very few slotload BD units I know of
     
    KCETech1, Jan 16, 2013
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    You could jut buy a slot load load drive, say the Panasonic UJ-265 for example, and an external case, then slap them together. That's what I did for my external Blu-ray, though it is not a slot load drive. I would agree with KC, slot load discs scratch more and they're more noisy too, at least that has been my experience with them.
     
    ZaZ, Jan 17, 2013
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    I second Zaz's recommendation. Panasonic and Pioneer optical drives have always come thru for me.

    FWIW, I've never had a tray load (this drive)vvvvv

    fail on me, whereas I've had multiple slot-load drives, blu-ray slot load drives, fail on me. I dunno what it is about the slot-loads but they don't like to last very long. Plus, slot-load drives don't come with that little pin hole you can stick a paper clip into to eject the disc when it gets stuck in there. If a disc gets stuck in a slot-load drive, you need to jam a piece of cardboard in the slot to try and force the eject mechanism to engage.
     
    radji, Jan 17, 2013
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