Pioneer BDC-2202B 5x Blu-ray/DVD/CD Combo Drive (Black)
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| Pioneer BDC-2202B 5x Blu-ray/DVD/CD Combo Drive (Black) |
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Product Description |
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Pioneer 5x Blu-ray player / 12x12 DVD RW +/- / CD / CD-RW drive in a retail box with a black bezel. No software included.
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Product Details |
- Reads Blu-ray (BD & BD-R/RE)
- Reads and Writes most DVD & CD Formats
- Interfaces as an ATAPI device
- Supports "Buffer Underrun Protection" on both Blu-ray and DVD media
- or HorizontallyInstalls Vertically
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Customer Reviews |
 Performs very well |
| Review Date: August 23, 2007 |
| Reviewer: IAM4UK, Albuquerque, NM |
| I have used a "Home Theater PC" for a few years, and avoided buying a standalone HD-DVD player or blu-ray disc player because I expected the HTPC to perform those duties with a suitable drive. The Pioneer BDC-2202 is that drive, for blu-ray playback. It does everything the specs claim, and that's all I hoped for. If you have an HTPC hooked up to a high-def television monitor, this is a great way to get blu-ray playback. |
BEST DEAL OUT THERE
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| Review Date: February 21, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Shawn Sombret, Spokane, WA USA |
Pioneer has always made great products in their higher end, this is one of them. Better value than other brands. Worked right out of the box.
Booted the Vista disc right away, no problems with SATA compatibilty on my ASUS HDMI Micro ATX board. Their site said it was compatible with ICH9
chipset and many more. Played Blu-Ray movies flawless, with CyberLink Ultra, on many movies including the Newer Blu-Rays. Must have Vista and Direct X10 video card, HDCP monitor, to player Blu-Ray Movies among Cpu and ram as well, do your research before builing your PC. |
Works great but may require a bios setting change
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| Review Date: November 30, 2007 |
| Reviewer: toddat, Arlington, VA USA |
| Make sure this device is compatible with your computer BIOS before you buy it. The Serial ATA connection is fast but required a tweak to a setting or two to be recognized. |
Blu-ray on PC requires $99 PowerDvd Ultra...
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| Review Date: May 2, 2008 |
| Reviewer: M. Kamm, Northern CA |
| The product itself is a solid dvd / blu-ray player. No complaints. On Vista home premium however it didn't play movies out of the box. Corel Windvd demo didn't work... Cyberlink free demo didn't include Bluray playback. I needed to first buy ($99) Cyberlink PowerDvd Ultra. |
Solid HTPC BD reader
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| Review Date: March 1, 2008 |
| Reviewer: R. Hesse, San Francisco, CA United States |
First the negatives:
-No SATA cable included. This is a retail boxed product, not an OEM stripper special. It should include a SATA cable.
-It spins really fast by default to read CD's. It will eventually slow down, but there's no reason to spin at 48X to listen to a music CD.
-Rips DVD's very slowly. 5X is the best I could get. I'll have to experiment more with this.
The positives:
-Reads my Bluray discs just fine. No problems with my limited tests.
-Overall very quiet. DVD and BD playback is very quiet.
-Fits perfectly in my Antec Fusion case.
Caveat:
I didn't try out any of the bundled software; already owned PowerDVD Ultra. Read the system requirements before buying. Most of the 1 star reviews here are from people who didn't RTFM.
Overall:
A solid drive for HTPC use that will read Bluray discs and write DVD's and CD's. Even though Vista MediaCenter does not currently support Bluray discs, this drive is still a great buy. If you setup your autoplay options correctly, you can have PowerDVD launch and play BD titles automatically then switch back to VMC using the green start button on the remote. |
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