Blu Ray drive support in PE4 & High Definition video

Can anyone advise me - does PE4 support any Blu Ray drives or are there some that it is happy with and others its is not happy with?
And as a follow up are there any specific settings when I write to Blu Ray using PAL 1080i?
Andy

Thanks very much.
Let me say I very much look forward to reading your book on PE7. I self taught on PE4 and thats definately NOT the way to learn anything.
Andy

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