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External blu-ray disc player/writer - can I burn a blu-ray disc?

Having trouble playing a blu-ray disc in my current Panasonic player which is played in the past and now it won't.  I thought maybe I could buy an external blu-ray player and connected to my desktop to see if it might play there.

Can I copy a Blu-ray disc and keep it as a back up.  I would hate to lose other Blu-ray discs.

There is a diversity of external Blu-ray players out there and I read that the external drives might do a better job than the console related Blu-ray players which can only be used to play obviously.

emergingsoul

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emergingsoul OP
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@mahler123

It’s one disc that has played before many times and couldn’t play again. My fear is that others might do the same thing at some point so maybe I should at least back them up.

But the one that doesn’t play might I have better luck with a different player? I see external drives that are $60 and others that are closer to $200.

I have cleaned the disk with distilled water and non-abrasive cloth and also clean the blu-ray player with a special cleaning desk.

 

emergingsoul OP
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@mahler123

I haven’t bought an external blu-ray disc drive for my Windows computer to try.

Since I’ve got a few other discs similar to this one I’m exploring backing them up via burning onto another disk. Have you had any experience doing this?

No doubt the last five years have been very difficult for you, hopefully my feelings I have for the loss will lessen.

Thanks

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