What Optical Drive Is The Best?

[oceanarium]

Hi i was wondering with price being irrelevant. What optical drive is the best?

 

[jankerson]

DVDRW or Blue RAY?

Plextor is normally regarded as the best.

 

[oceanarium]

I was just hoping to buy one thing that played everything. Do i actually need multiple?

 

[jankerson]

I was just hoping to buy one thing that played everything. Do i actually need multiple?

NO, a Blue Ray will play everything.

 

[oceanarium]

Oh okay so which BluRay player should i get? i was hoping to get a specific brand and model to buy.

 

[jankerson]

Oh okay so which BluRay player should i get? i was hoping to get a specific brand and model to buy.

Here is a good one, and on sale.

Reads and writes everything.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16827136269

 

[oceanarium]

I took a quick look on pcpartpicker.com and it showed that the most expensive players were the Pioneer - BDC-207DBK and the LG - BH14NS40.
https://pcpartpicker.com/products/optical-drive/#sort=-price&page=1

It shows that the LG has higher numbers but the Pioneer is a lot more expensive. Would you or anyone else be able to tell me which one is better?

 

[USAFRet]

Are you actually going to invest in and play Bluray disks?
If not, any CD/DVD drive will work. $20.
There is no 'best'...they are all the same.

 

[oceanarium]

The pc im building is worth about $7000 at msrp. Im just buying the best of every part. So i dont want something that is just "good enough" i want to have the option that if i decide to play dvds and blurays that they will be read at max efficiency. And if which one you get doesnt matter because they're all the same, why is there so much of a price difference between them all?

 

[USAFRet]

The pc im building is worth about $7000 at msrp. Im just buying the best of every part. So i dont want something that is just "good enough" i want to have the option that if i decide to play dvds and blurays that they will be read at max efficiency. And if which one you get doesnt matter because they're all the same, why is there so much of a price difference between them all?

A $7,000 PC? OK, sure.

If you are going to play blurays, then get a BD player. I have no experience, so can't recommend a specific BD drive.

If not, then literally any CD/DVD drive will work. It's not that it is 'good enough', but rather they are all the same.
About the only difference is Lightscribe or not Lightscribe. Anything more than $25 is just fleecing money from the clueless.

 

[jankerson]

I use ASUS drives normally these days.

Right around $25 or less for a DVDRW.