M-Disc Blu-Ray Writer

M-Disc is a must at this point.

Anyone see any problem using eSata for an internal CD/DVD/BR drive?

It's easy to pull power through the case.
 
You could always buy the internal and use it as an external with an adapter like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812161005

Plugging that USB 3.0 adapter into a 3.0 port means you probably won't have to worry about an extra power cable (or transfer limits, for that matter). Not sure about USB 2.0 but there are adapters out there with separate power cables if you didn't want to be a guinea pig.
 
This looks like the most affordable external one:

http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-External-Blu-Ray-Support-Successor/dp/B006R6VM30

In case anyone was wondering :)

The other drive I posted above is also on the list from M-Disc as Approved but this one is 4x, vs the previous one I posted 2x for M-Disc but it also does DVD where this one doesn't do DVD M-Disc. I'm not sure why you'd want that unless you backed up weekly smaller amounts to DVD for long-term storage, but that seems silly.
 
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1,000 year lifespan? I've never heard of the M-Disc until now. Are we going to even have BluRay drives in a millennium? Is there a reliability problem with BD-R? Has anyone tested for bitrot with earlier burns? I recall a similar issue with DVD-R but I got my first DVD+/-R burner in '05 and tested the very first burn I did about four months ago and its error rate was nearly the same as the day I had burned it.

Pardon the ignorance but I am concerned if there is a flaw in BD-R I should know about or is this overkill?
 
I hadn't heard of it either until recently, and it seemed like the next logical choice instead of buying BD-R media if you want the discs for long-term storage/archive. I also got the external so I could take it to my parents, and other family members and they could also make copies of their pictures/videos/etc.

It has nothing to do with Blu-Ray specifically, but how the current media works I believe.

DVD/BR/Flash -- Aren't "supposed" to last more than 5-10 years.

Check out the ISO documents for the M-Disc if you want that kind of information. I believe 95% stability after ~550years. Obviously that's good enough for me ;)

Also, I'm SURE there will be more technology in the future but this seems to be the smartest way to go now.

Data will remain on my RAID ARRAY, but I want a copy JUST IN CASE.
 
According to their web site it sounds like any Blu-Ray burner is supposed to be able to burn a Blu-Ray M-Disc. The DVD M-Discs needed special drive support so you pretty much had to buy an LG.

I guess you can buy pretty much whatever if having to use the Blu-Ray discs is ok. If you're going to burn a significant number and most writes will fit on a DVD you'll probably want the DVD version though. It looks like the DVDs are $3 and the Blu-Rays are $5, or a little less in bulk. $/GB is much better on the Blu-Rays, but for smaller writes the DVD saves you $2 a disc.
 
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