My high end laptop supports one e-sata, two USB 3.0, and one USB 2.0 so having a good port for an external burner should be fine. The question is whether there is any consensus on good quality external burners. Any suggestions?
Also, I understand these burners are only meant for computer connections for writing and playing, and do not support an HDMI output for direct play on a HiDef 1080p TV. So a Blu-Ray player would be needed for that. And that they don't support playing commercial Blu-Ray discs. True?