New Gear You Missed At PMA : Other World Computing Mercury Pro Blu-ray Drive

By Rick Oldano , published on March 7, 2009 at 1:20 PM
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Other World Computing (OWC) has announced a new-and-faster Mercury Pro 8X Blu-ray drive for burning movies at home. The 8X speed permits the user to write discs at up to 2 GB per minute.

The Mercury Pro 8X is a "quad-interface" device. That is, you have a selection of connectivity options, including FireWire 400 and 800, USB 2.0, and eSATA. The device is both Mac and PC compatible. The Mercury Pro 8X can also write DVDs at 16x speed and CDs at a 32X speed.

For an idea of the capacity available to you with a Blu-ray burner, you could store up to 50,000 JPEG images or 17,000 MPG files or 25 DVD movies. The Mercury Pro 8X is available with or without the full version of Roxio Toast.
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joebob2000 03/09/2009 6:10 PM
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That would be Westcott not Wescott in case anyone is looking on Google for more info on that lighting kit.

Anonymous 06/24/2009 6:12 PM
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I purchased the McKinley Bag because I loved the bag and M-Rock has a good reputation. I took the bag out within two weeks of buying it and the wheels were not working properly. Because of the way they are attached they bow, causing the wheels to wear against the plastic housing that holds them.

I returned the bag for a new one, hoping I had a bad seed. Within a few months I had the same issue. My husband warned to not get the second bag as I would have the issue with the bag, he was right.

The right wheel is worn through so it is cracked open, it does not spin and the left wheel is almost as bad. The bag bows down with resting on the wheels and the bottom of the bag is wearing from being “dragged” because the wheels aren’t holding it up.

I wrote the the maker of the M-Rock bag, Michael Rockwell. He said nothing is wrong the bag that I wore it out despite my limited use in under a year. He refuses to help me writing, “I will not read your email or continue communication with you.”

Buyer beware. Great Bad. Bad Wheels and Service.

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