Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I purchased the "Blu-Ray Player External USB DVD RW Laptop Burner Drive" in order to read Blu-ray discs on my Mac. Although the OS X operating system does not permit Blu-ray disc playback, you can use a Blu-ray drive with MakeMKV to rip the encription off of Blu-ray discs and convert them to MKV format (MakeMKV is a free bata release that works very well). Once converted to MKV format (the process is lossless) the files can be played back on a computer or compressed using a program like Handbrake. The inexpensive enclosure contains a Panasonic/Matsushita UJ-220 Blu-ray Optical Drive that reads Blu-ray discs and also burns DVDs. Although the drive itself is good quality, the enclosure that houses the drive is made of plastic. Despite the cheap quality of the enclosure, the drive works very well and is a great value for the money. Update: I wanted to add that I have not had any issues with the drive being under powered and requiring an external power source while reading Blu-ray discs.