Just to let some people know who are starting to get interested in video editing.You can buy BUFFALO external bluray burner from BHphotovideo for about $300 and you also get as a bonus cyberlink bluray disc suite which includes power director,power producer,power to go,instant burn!power dvd,etc.You can edit dv,avchd,you can capture dv,hdv,avchd. you can author bluray discs.it has a stabilizer. I have this drive and it is top quality and with the included suite you really cant go wrong.