Product Comparison: Pioneer BDR-XD05B vs Pioneer BDR-XD05S

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Pioneer BDR-XD05B External Blu Ray Writer

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Pioneer BDR-XD05S Slim External Blu Ray Drive

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General Specifications

Brand

Pioneer

Model

BDR-XD05B

BDR-XD05S

Origin

China

About the Product

The BDR-XD05B is one of the world's smallest and lightest BD/DVD/CD portable burners supporting BDXL. The ultra-compact USB 3.0 drive can read and write to all BDXL discs.

The BDR-XD05 slim portable USB 3.0 BD/DVD/CD burner is the next generation Blu-ray Disc burner from Pioneer. This Drive allows users to watch Blu-ray Disc titles, author high-definition Blu-ray Disc content while also delivering the ability for high-capacity data storage with the included software.

Key Specs

Buffer Memory

4 MB

Max. Blu-Ray Writing Speed

6 x

Max. Blu-Ray Reading Speed

6 x

What customers say about "Key Specs"

Pioneer BDR-XD05B External Blu Ray Writer

Very good price, unit works very well no issues. Pretty quick write speeds.
Great drive, fast read and write speeds. No problems with several weeks of use.
Make sure you go to the pioneer website and down the driver utility to max out the read/write speed of this 6x drive.
The external drive has decent write speeds and is more quiet than I would have expected. I am able to rip most Blu-ray movies in under an hour.
I like this drive overall. It is a good replacement for the Apple superdrive and it actually reads a slightly scratched disk that my wife needs as a key for some software she owns that the Apple superdrive refuses to read.

Pioneer BDR-XD05S Slim External Blu Ray Drive

I bought this to be able to read Blu-ray discs on my Mac, OS 10.15. Good speed.
Perfect for ripping your library and getting those Blu-rays hidden from view.
Burn to Blu Ray BD-R works really well.
I like to burn blu-Ray disk. Very fast and easy to use.
Plug and play, very quiet when playing a Blu-Ray.

Size & Weight

Color

Black

Silver

Height

0.58 in.

Width

5.24 in.

Depth

5.24 in.

Weight

8.1 oz.

Reading/writing

Supported Disc Formats

BD-ROM, BD-ROM DL, BD-R, BD-R DL, BD-R TL, BD-R QL, BD-RE, BD-RE DL, BD-RE TL, DVD-ROM, DVD-ROM DL, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-R DL, DVD+R DL, DVD+RW, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW

BD-R, BD-R DL, BD-R TL, BD-ROM, BD-ROM DL, BD-RE, BD-RE DL, BD-RE TL, DVD-ROM, DVD-ROM DL, DVD-R, DVD-R DL, DVD+R, DVD+R DL, DVD+RW, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW

CD Reading/Writing Speed

24x/24x

DVD Reading/Writing Speed

8x/8x

What customers say about "Reading/writing"

Pioneer BDR-XD05B External Blu Ray Writer

In any case, the drive seems to read all the major kinds of disc formats without any issues. It's a great solution to the fact that my computer didn't come with a disc drive.
It really does it all. It reads, writes, blu rays, dvds and CDs.
This product allows me to read and write DVD discs with my HP Laptop.
Mac user. device works great, once I downloaded a compatible software for reading Blu-rays. DVD's are also great to watch using this drive.
Supports blue ray discs but with additional software which you would have to purchase separately. This is expensive software and not worth the effort.
Decent enough read / write speeds. A little noisy and just feels cheap.

Pioneer BDR-XD05S Slim External Blu Ray Drive

Turn on when it's plugged into powered USB block works fine in CD and DVD mode with Apple software.
I needed to burn some audio CD's and this were perfect for my bit perfect rips.
Has worked perfectly well for copying CD's onto MAC.
It works as a DVD player though. A very expensive DVD player.
Great little product, have used it to watch DVD's but not any blu-rays. Good reading and writing speed.

Features

Load Type

Top Load

Mounting

Horizontal

Interfaces

USB 3.0

OS Compatibility

Mac OS X 10.6 -10.12, Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10

Mac OS X 10.6 -10.12, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10

Extras

Faster burning, An eco-friendly drive, Auto Quiet mode

Store more data, Faster burning, An eco-friendly drive, Smooth movie playback, A smarter drive

What customers say about "Features"

Pioneer BDR-XD05B External Blu Ray Writer

Light and compact, top loading.
Easy set up, quiet, prefer the top loading instead of slot loading.
The surprising top load provides an easy and durable mechanism for the less cautious individuals (such as my grandchildren) using my slimmed down laptop.
Plugs and works - portable - easy to use and compatible with both my PC and Max.
I really like this product. It works as advertised and is 100% Mac compatible.
It took me a while to find a drive that was actually USB 3.0, not just claiming to be...but the research paid off because this drive has been awesome so far - and I put it to work a lot.
I wanted a USB 3.0 burner to take advantage of the faster transfer speeds for backing up my DVDs for the kids to use.

Pioneer BDR-XD05S Slim External Blu Ray Drive

The cable has 2 USB plugs. If you have USB3 ports, you can use just the first of the 2 plugs.
The drive connected well enough on a USB 3 port and extra power on a spare USB2 port.
It comes with a double USB cable connections - one for power and one for data.
It just works when you plug it in if you have Windows computer with USB 3.0 ports, or any Mac.
Requires two USB ports for data and power, which is a bit of downside but could use a powered hub.

Warranty / Certifications

Manufacturer Warranty

1 year(s)

Certifications

CE, FCC

Other Information

Manufacturer

Link

MSRP

89.00 $

Manual

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