Ext DVD or Blu Ray player suggestion

Hello fellow Mac users... I've joined!!!
I've just purchased an iMac 27" and will have it within a week or so... I didn't purchase the Superdrive.
My question for you experts out there, I want to to be able to watch a blu-ray disc on the iMac and don't know what kind to buy. I'm looking for your reccommendation. This could include the creating of blu-ray discs to watch on tv too.
Thanks much!

Have a look at the > Search Results for external optical at MacSales.com
Apple OS X does not support Blu-Ray burning, so you'll need third party software like > Roxio Toast 11 PRO or > ShedWorx.
For more, see > Blu-ray and Macs? With OWC, Yes! | Other World Computing Blog
and/or > Burning and managing blu-ray discs on your Mac

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Footage comes from Panasonic HVX200 as DVCPRO HD 1080i60, all appropriate settings made in FCP5 to edit. Have already made SD DVD, whoopie.
Now client is interested in real HD version that they can play back on HD DVD or Blu-Ray set top unit. Of all my research, I've discovered little about how to make a "real" HD video disc. OSX doesn't support Blu-Ray burning, OK. What about HD DVD burning support? And what drive to purchase for this application?
I understand DVD Studio will allow me to author a disc with HD content...that I can burn onto DVD5. Useless to the client. Need to burn on either Blu-Ray or HD DVD media.
Aside from encoding in Compressor, what do I do when I need to make this HD disc happen? Compressor step seems easy enough to figure out. Just very unclear on how to burn out appropriate video disc.
Thanks for your help.

For Blu-Ray creation:
I'm curious if DVDit! works in parallels too, though it will certainly work in BootCamp. The question is what format should FCP/Compressor output to in order for DVDIt, etc. on BC or Parallels need in order to create the disc?
MPEG-2 and H.264 should work, but who knows?
In the meantime, I have HDV source footage that I edit. I print the final edit back to HDV for archiving, and burn a HD-DVD on a DL DVD+R red laser disc to show on my Toshiba HD-DVD player using DVDSP. It works, and I can get about 40 minutes of MPEG-2/HDV on there without transcoding at 1080i and it looks fantastic.
In the future, I hope to be able to dump the HDV final edit onto a Blu-Ray disc. I'm guessing Adobe Encore will be needed on the Mac for that.
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My Sony Blu-ray player keeps restarting while playing a DVD.

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@womackj Hi there, Are you the same person who started this post, have you since changed your username or are you just joining in? You might find some useful tips you can try in this post, scroll half way down and there's a list of possible solutions dependent on the year of manufacture of your device. http://community.sony.com/t5/Blu-Ray-General/Blu-ray-disc-won-t-play-on-Blu-ray-player/td-p/99903/page/16

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Hello,
So, I have a sample disc that we made last year with various clips on it. To the best of my knowledge, everything has worked just fine. Now, I have a new Sony Blu-ray player. I put our sampler in, and one of the tracks does NOT play the audio. Plays the video, no audio. Inserting the same disc into our other players and the audio plays with the video just fine. Grab another sampler from a different build/burn. Same EXACT issue, on the same exact video track there is no audio but the disc works in all other players. Now here is the real kicker- take either sampler disc and play it in the Blu-ray player, go to the track that plays the video but no audio, play it for a few seconds, then rewind and play from the beginning, and you get sound. Jump back to the chapter index and choose the clip, no sound. Rewind & play you get sound.
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For what it's worth, the project was edited in FCP, Compressed using Compressor. I don't specifically know the exact settings, but I typically use VBR with an average of 6 or a CBR of 5. I always use AC3 audio. DVDSP authored the disc. I usually keep my systems up to date, but the disc was authored last January so I would have been using whatever the latest system updated in January were. And finally there are two builds of the disc. The 2nd build has DVD Rom content added to it. But either build has the same exact issue with the same exact tack.
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Not Really. Try using another batch of discs. Author the project over again..maybe it will help.

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Hi guys, just had a few problems recently with my HP dvd and blu-ray software....
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computertech65 wrote:
Okay Sorry I also wanted to know WHY no Blu Ray discs work in that player. Regular DVD dics work in there.
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I get a msg"failed connection" when trying to connect Sony dvd/Blu-ray player to tv

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Hello Wendyd, thank you for your message. Welcome to SONY Community!
Error: Physical Connection Failed
Follow the steps below to resolve this error message:
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If the Sony product still does not detect the router or modem, try connecting the Ethernet cable to a different LAN jack (if available) on the router or modem .
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NOTE: The Ethernet cable can be tested by unplugging it from the Sony product and connecting it to the LAN jack on a computer. After turning off any Wi-Fi® option on the computer, try using the computer to access the Internet through the Ethernet connection. If the Internet cannot be accessed, the cable should be replaced.
For further assistance regarding your concern, please contact the Sony offices/Sony representative offices nearest to your place of residence in Asia Pacific region http://www.sony-asia.com/countryselector.html?hpid=countryselector:AsiaPacific.
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If i have a Blu-ray burner,
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and play them in a set top Blu-ray player?
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hello,
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Satellite P850 - Where to get Toshiba Blu-ray player?

Hi,
I recently reformatted my p850/049 for windows 7. I tried to install the Toshiba Blu-Ray Disc player V1.0.3.196A, the file didn't work at all and when I tried to install it manually "cannot find player in your system. Installation Aborted". On the download page it is listed as a patch, but where do I find the original file? I have SP1 Windows 7 pro 64 bit, all up do date as of 24th May 2013
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> I tried to install the Toshiba Blu-Ray Disc player V1.0.3.196A, the file didn't work at all and when I tried to install it manually "cannot find player in your system. Installation Aborted"
Yes, this is a patch file and you cannot install this without having installed an full version.
But I found on the Toshiba Australian driver page the Toshiba Video Player 5.0.0.16-A
Did you try to install this application?
At the other hand I could recommend the usage of freeware software like VLC Player.
This is really great and in my opinion the best player you can get for free.

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I just recently installed a SSD and deleted/fresh install of the CS6 suite onto the newly wiped internal HD. Everything works perfect, except Encore.
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