Pioneer BDC-2202B 5x Blu-ray/DVD/CD Combo Drive (Black)
by Pioneer
Our Price: $239.00
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Category: CE
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Digital product summary information
Manufacturer: PioneerPlatform: Windows Vista
Model: BDC2202B
Product features:
- 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
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Digital camera reviews of Pioneer BDC-2202B 5x Blu-ray/DVD/CD Combo Drive (Black)
Digital camera Review: 50/50
Summary: 2 Stars
Drive was easy enough to install, no drivers required. Vista Ultimate SP1 recognized it as a BD-Rom drive. You will need a SATA cable as there isn't one included.
Bundled software (WinDVD 8) only lets me play a movie in half-screen size. I tried and tried to get it to go full screen to no avail. Had to purchase PowerDVD Ultra. Worked like a charm playing Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull blu-ray. No issues at all. My AMD X2 5400+ ran between 20-30% load.
Then I tried Dan in Real Life blu-ray. Both PowerDVD and WinDVD would not play it. Both would flash images of the movie on the screen but no sound and no motion, just still images. Updated to latest firmware (1.07) from Pioneer's website and it still did not resolve the problem. Downloaded the update to WinDVD as well from Pioneer's site and that didn't fix it either. I returned the drive. One movie that doesn't play is enough for me. I only had a 15 day return policy where I purchased it (not amazon) so it had to go back. The Dan in Real Life blu-ray was a Blockbuster-by-mail blu-ray. I've read that these blu-rays may have more copy-protection built in than purchased blu-rays. I don't know if that's true or not I just know that a blu-ray drive should play a blu-ray.
Too bad, I was hopeful that it would work out.
Vista Ultimate SP1
AMD X2 5400+
Ati Radeon HD 3850
47" Toshiba LCD
Summary of Pioneer BDC-2202B 5x Blu-ray/DVD/CD Combo Drive (Black)
Pioneer 5x Blu-ray player / 12x12 DVD RW +/- / CD / CD-RW drive in a retail box with a black bezel. No software included.DVD-ROM Drives
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