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Your cart is empty.ASUS BW-16D1X-U combines 16x BD-R writing speed and USB 3. 0 to deliver the fastest burning speed, and with BDXL support allows the maximum data storage of 128 GB in one disc. The turbo drive is Windows and Mac OS compatible, and comes with a cloud backup solution for Android devices. Support for M-DISC provides archival-quality storage to protect your precious data, photos, and videos for up to 1,000 years
Vince
Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2025
Good optical drive. About the size of a Harry Potter book. The on switch in the back was confusing because you have to slide it left/right instead of flicking a switch or pressing a button. Eject button is a little weird, too. It's not obvious and you have to press it towards the top of the button for it to register.That said, it reads DVDs and Blue-Rays (not 4k UHD). Works well with third party software for digitally archiving your personal physical media collection as advertised. I have not burned a disk yet and probably won't because that's not why I bought this. I can't compare the read/write speed to other drives because this is the first I've had, but it feels fast. There have been a small handful of DVDs where it couldn't recognize it, but I can't say that's not because the media is old.
Rob Englander
Reviewed in Australia on January 8, 2025
The ASUS BW-16D1X-U Turbo Drive Blu-ray Writer has worked flawlessly since setting up, (which was dead easy btw). It has 16X writing speed and has USB 3.0 connectivity.. It caters to BluRay disks, DVDs and CDs also, a great all rounder. I'm a film/video post production professional and I have to admit I'm a bit of an ASUS sort of guy, and have an edit workstation built around ASUS hardware.. so it was the first brand I checked out on looking for a BluRay burner. - absolutely 5 stars!
Bobby Rose
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2025
A few things you should know: the power button is on the rear and that is annoying. This uses an AC adapter it is not USB powered. The eject button is not well designed but it does work, you have to hit it just right. The blue light on the front is very bright and large. It is the fastest optical drive I have ever used it initializes the disk quickly and the seek time is the fastest I have ever seen. That being said if you need a great optical drive this fits the bill however it could definitely use improved ergonomics, and the giant blue light on the front should be replaced with a small LED.
Sam
Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2025
Used this drive to archive about 10 hours of family home movies (approximately 25.5GB) onto Blu-ray discs for Christmas gifts. The device performed exactly as needed with no issues. Setup was straightforward on Windows - I don't recall needing to download any special software to get it working.The build quality seems solid, and the drive operated quietly without any heating problems during the lengthy burn process. While I can't speak to specific write speeds, the burning process took around 4 hours for my large video project, which seemed reasonable.Any error messages or compatibility issues I encountered were related to my video editing software, not the drive itself. For my needs - creating a permanent archive of precious family memories - this drive did its job perfectly.Note that I only used it with Windows and USB 3.0, so I can't speak to Mac compatibility or USB 2.0 performance. But for anyone looking to archive large amounts of data or video onto Blu-ray, this drive delivers.
daniel
Reviewed in Mexico on September 21, 2024
Es la primera vez que compro un quemador de blu ray, y me anime por la marca. La verdad que me llego rápido y sin detalles. En la etiqueta aparece hecho en Taiwán 2024. Viene con cable usb y su fuente de poder. El instructivo es intuitivo y el instalador (CD) viene con los programar necesarios y la verdad que me funciono sin necesidad de utilizar algún otro instalador. Ya lo he utilizado 2 veces y sin problemas. La velocidad máxima de grabación es de 12 x. Me gusto mucho y lo puedo recomendar.
Nahlan
Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2024
When buying this product, I was really concerned how compatible with MacOS. Thankfully I can say that you can do anything you'd want to do with this product except watch Blu Ray movies, in which you'd need to buy third party software to watch them. But I did not buy this product to watch BluRay movies.This product can successfully burn files on any kind of Blu Ray media, you can rip CDs and watch DVDs as well. MacOS has a built in DVD player, but not a built in Blu Ray player. This product also can write media on rewritable BluRay discs, and you can rewrite those Blu Ray discs at any time on MacOS.I have not had any errors after burning files on Blu Ray discs, both with 100GB M-Discs and 25GB Rewritable Blu Ray discs. Using this product is truly plug and play. I did not have to install additional software in order to start using it. Given I've gotten this "like new" refurbished product for $60 from Computer Headquarters INC with all the accessories and manuals, and the machine does everything I need it to do at an amazing price!Just to note, when the CD, DVD or Blu Ray is in the drive on Mac OS, you must eject it from the computer rather than pressing the eject button on the drive. But doesn't diminish the value of the drive whatsoever in my eyes. If you're looking for a Blu Ray drive for your Mac OS to burn files and also want to use it for Audio CDs and DVDs, I can wholly recommend this!
Wolfgang
Reviewed in Singapore on March 31, 2024
This Blu ray drive is the fastest I’ve ever had. But although it has a usb 3 port, it came only with a usb 2 cable. So I bought the usb-c cable separately.
Ball Family
Reviewed in Canada on December 26, 2024
I really like this drive because my wife can use it on her Mac & I can use it on my PC too! Works great & I easily recommend it!
Caroline Cunningham
Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2024
I was a little nervous after some of the reviews talking about the button on front and the switch in back. I dont get it, the switch on the back is easy to push on and off and the button on the front works just fine as well. Via Itunes I tested this against an LG BP50NB40 slim. I ripped a rather Large Norah Jones CD (forgot which one it was). The LG took 3 minutes 19 secs. The Asus took 2 minutes 7 seconds. The extra speed is making the cd ripping process much less painful. Could see the extra speed show up when ripping a dvd via MakeMKV as well. I also like that that opening it is electronic. After the CD finishes in Itunes, I just click the eject icon with my mouse, pop in a new CD and hit the front button on the Asus and off it goes. Super happy with the purchase. On a side note, and I will need to see if there is a way around it. I planned on using one with MakeMKV (since you can select which blu ray device to use) to rip my movies for plex, and then at the same time use Itunes and the Asus to rip CDs. Seems Itunes wont recognize the Asus while Make MKV is ripping a movie. Odd.
Frank Salgado
Reviewed in Mexico on December 15, 2017
Uno de los Blu Rays màs rápidos que puedes conseguir y a un super precio. Quema casi todos los formatos que hay en discos de medios actuales, lo comprè para quemar y reproducir Blu Ray y todo excelente, trae un buen software. Los materiales se sienten muy rigidos a pesar de ser plástico en su mayoría, engeneral muy bueno.PD: ningún software me dejaba reproducir BluRay (incluso los programas de paga). Nada funcionaba hasta que descargue Leawo Blu-Ray Player. Es gratuito y aunque navegar por los menùs de los discos es un dolor de cabeza, puede reproducir los discos de cualquier región (he probado discos de distintos países.Pros:- Gran variedad de formatos para quemar- Buena velocidad de quemado- Buena construcción- No es tan ruidoso.Cons:- No incluye software para reproducción de BluRay Discs- Dependiendo del gusto de cada quien, es un poco grande.
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