best bluray drive for mac pro?

LG Blu-Ray 12X RW MP Kit + Toast 11 w/Pl - $163 (US)

Works fantastic on my Mac Pro (Early 2008)

Hi,

I have a HL-DT-ST BD-RE WH14NS40 from LG, but I can't use it in my Boot Camp Windows7 64bit install,

I can see the drive, but not able to eject the tray unless to push the drive button,

Does your 12X works well under Boot Camp ?

I'm no the same Mac Pro 3.1 (Early 2008)?

Hey,

I know this post isn't recent, but I just bought a BW-12D1S-U, and I can't get it to run with my 2011 MacBook Pro operating with Snow Leopard. I need to burn around 10 Blu-rays. Any ideas?

Thanks!

In order to read and play blu-ray disc, choosing a great blu-ray drive is the first and import thing, i just compare many and at last, i choose Samsung SE-506BB External Slim Blu-ray Drive, which is very compact and lightweight. and The drive is very quiet -- can't even hear it with blu-ray video playing. The size and weight is such that I can easily put this into a laptop bag and take it on the road with me. Trial software packages to play blu-rays and do other media related things were included with the drive but I did not use them. Instead I installed a tool named UFUSoft Mac Blu-ray Player, as suggested by my friend, and I'm watching the blu-ray discs from Netflix without a problem. I'm happy with this drive, though at ~$97 it's pricier than what I initially thought I wanted.

I finally decided to go with the Aluminum External USB Blu-Ray Writer Super Drive for Apple. I hooked it up to my new MBP and it worked perfectly. Since Apple doesn't "officially" support Blu-Ray, I had to buy a Blu-Ray player app for $40, but it works great. No issues so far....very happy with the purchase. I hope this helps!

Good recommendation.

Hi I'm new here and I saw your post even though it's a long time ago. I think that's a good advive of the Mac Blu-ray Player you said and I just wanna say you have a good eye on this. Have a good day.

The truth is Apple may never support BD playing but some third party blu-ray player can achieve this, like Mac Blu-ray Player, Windows Blu-ray Player , etc. A blu-ray driver would be necessary to watch a blu-ray movie on Mac. Mac Blu-ray Player is recommended for this. Free trial with a watermark on screen which would disappear once purchased, 33% off during Halloween Day.

I use a Blu-Ray Drive by Sea Tech. It works with Mac and is built as solid as a Mac.

you are correct, sir: there is no documented( official) support for BluRay on Mac. Apple's official position, as stated by Mr. Jobs, was that "Blu Ray was a bag of hurt", referring to all the codecs, complexity and permissions to use stuff so that Blu Ray would work. so, no, ** Ray does not "officially" work on mac right out of the box, It can, and it will, though, with the help of 3rd party stuff. I got a BluRay drive from MCE and it works just fine. I had to to buy a player and a plugin for Toast, though, but installation was a snap. so, if you're willing to cough up a little cash for a working Blu Ray player and the Toast plugin, etc, then yes, you too can have Blu Ray on your mac.

just my opinion

John B