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OWC External Mercury Pro LG Super Multi Blue Blu-ray Combo Drive (Gray)

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OWC External Mercury Pro LG Super Multi Blue Blu-ray Combo Drive (Gray)
Key Features
  • USB 2.0 + eSATA + FireWire 400 / 800
  • Reads Blu-ray Discs
  • Writes CD / DVD Discs
  • Plug & Play
The External Mercury Pro LG Super Multi Blue Blu-ray Combo Drive from Other World Computing harnesses the power of a Blu-ray reader and a CD/DVD burner. It also has a quad interface with support for USB 2.0, eSATA and FireWire 400 / 800. The Plug & Play capabilities of the External Mercury Pro LG Super Multi Blue Blu-ray Combo Drive allow it to be fully compatible with Apple iDVD 5 (or later), Apple iTunes, Roxio Toast and more.
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The External Mercury Pro LG Super Multi Blue Blu-ray Combo Drive from Other World Computing harnesses the power of a Blu-ray reader and a CD/DVD burner. It also has a quad interface with support for USB 2.0, eSATA and FireWire 400 / 800. The Plug & Play capabilities of the External Mercury Pro LG Super Multi Blue Blu-ray Combo Drive allow it to be fully compatible with Apple iDVD 5 (or later), Apple iTunes, Roxio Toast and more.

Quad Interface
The External Mercury Pro LG Super Multi Blue Blu-ray Combo Drive has a USB 2.0 port, an eSATA port, a FireWire 400 port and two FireWire 800 ports
Blu-ray Support
The External Mercury Pro LG Super Multi Blue Blu-ray Combo Drive can read Blu-ray discs with ease
Plug & Play
The External Mercury Pro LG Super Multi Blue Blu-ray Combo Drive has Plug & Play capabilities. This allows it to work instantly with software programs, such as Apple iDVD 5 or later, Apple iTunes, Apple DiscBurner, Roxio Toast (Titanium and Lite), CharisMac Discribe and NTI DragonBurn
Note:
Apple software currently does not support Blu-ray or HD-DVD drives, but the DVD and CD burning/reading portions of the OS do function. It is expected a future release of the OS will add HD support and the ability to display HD video

OWC Mercury Pro Specs

Enclosure Type
External
Mechanism Type
Blu-ray, DVD, CD
Write Support
DVD-R, DVD-R DL, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM, DVD+R, DVD+R DL, DVD+RW, CD-R, CD-RW
Read Support
BD-ROM (SL/DL), BD-R (SL L-to-H), BD-R (SL/DL), BD-RE (SL/DL), BDMV (AACS Compliant Disc), DVD-ROM (SL/DL), DVD-R (SL/DL), DVD-RW, DVD+R (SL/DL), DVD+RW (SL), DVD-RAM, DVD-Video (CSS Compliant Disc), CD-R, CD-RW, CD-ROM, CAVCD-DA (DAE), 80mm CD
Write Speed
DVD-R: 2x, 4x CLV, 8x ZCLV, 8x, 12x PCAV, 16 CAV
DVD-R DL: 2x, 4x CLV, 8x PCAV
DVD-RW: 1x, 2x, 4x, 6x CLV
DVD-RAM: 2x, 3x CLV, 5x, 12x PCAV
DVD+R: 2.4x, 4x CLV, 8x ZCLV, 8x, 12x PCAV, 16x CAV
DVD+R DL: 2.4x, 4x CLV, 8x PCAV
DVD+RW: 2.4x, 4x, 6x CLV, 8x ZCLV
CD-R: 8x, 16x CLV, 24x, 32x, 40x PCAV, 48x CAV
CD-RW: 4x, 10x, 16x CLV, 24x ZCLV
Read Speed
BD-ROM (SL/DL): 10x, 8x CAV
BD-R (SL L-to-H): 6x CAV
BD-R (SL/DL): 10x, 8x CAV
BD-RE (SL/DL): 8x, 6x CAV
BDMV (AACS Compliant Disc): 4.8x CAV
DVD-ROM (SL/DL): 16x, 12x CAV
DVD-R (SL/DL): 16x, 12x CAV
DVD-RW: 12x CAV
DVD+R (SL/DL): 16x, 12x CAV
DVD+RW (SL): 12x CAV
DVD-RAM: 2x, 3x CLV, 5x, 12x PCAV
DVD-Video (CSS Compliant Disc): 12x, 8x CAV (SL/DL)
CD-R: 48x
CD-RW: 40x
CD-ROM: 48x
CAVCD-DA (DAE): 40x CAV
80mm CD: 16x CAV
Access Time
Not Specified by Manufacturer
Interface
USB 2.0, eSATA, FireWire 400 / 800
Data Buffer
4MB (under-run prevention function embedded)
Headphone Jack
No
Mounting Orientation
Horizontal
System Requirements
Mac
  • USB 2.0: Mac OS X (any version)
  • FireWire 400 / 800: Mac OS X 10.3 or higher

    • Windows
  • USB 2.0: Windows XP SP2 or later
  • FireWire 400 / 800: Windows XP SP2 or later

    • Linux Compatible
    Electrical Requirements
    Not Specified by Manufacturer
    Dimensions
    7.5 x 2.5 x 10.5" / 19.1 x 6.4 x 26.7cm
    Weight
    Not Specified by Manufacturer

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