External bluray drive for PC?

[oqvist]

Is there anyone relatively cheap? I don´t watch to movies that much. Have a PS 3 but my monitor is so much better with VGA I want to use PC and get access to HD audio through applications like power DVD?

Don´t have room for another so otherwise it would have to read and write DVD drives to replace my DVD burner... The ones I find seem to be slower though.

Now is there any compability issues going on or would anyone work?

 

[nitrobass24]

@Mods please move this to the Opticals Forum.

First off How is VGA better?
Secondly you wont get HD audio with PowerDVD
Why external?

 

[oqvist]

According to PowerDVD I will??
VGA is better for my monitor. HDMI stinks in comparison.
I already have a faster DVD drive/burner can´t fit another one.

 

[aamsel]

PowerDVD 8.0 will support it.
That's the version that came with my new Pioneer Bluray drive I got this week.
You could go with a 5.25" external case with USB 2.0 and eSATA and use the eSATA.
Then, put any internal Bluray drive in it.

There are ready-to-go USB 2.0 external drives for about $300.
Nothing cheap that I have seen, and if there was, you probably wouldn't want it.

 

[oqvist]

Any link to these external cases? eSATA do what mainboards supports that? I would like to keep my Asus commando a little while longer. As for power dvd I found some sonys but looks like they have power dvd 6... Also wonder if I dare to get a Pioneer when they seem to having quite big problems...