Can't help you with the hardware questions, but blanks in Japan (25GB BD-R) are 6,380 yen for a pack of 20 TDK discs from Amazon Japan, free shipping. http://tinyurl.com/5zdwaf You'll have to convert to $A yourself, but that works out to less than US$3.50 each even with today's lousy exchange rate. A pack of five 50GB disks is 3,880 yen. http://tinyurl.com/6cf6ca Tim Selander Tokyo, Japan TUCKER ian wrote: > I have the software in Toast to burn blue ray discs, however the cost > of media has held me back (around $A25 for a 25 GB disc and $A50 for a > 50BG disc). Also, I need to acquire a Blue Ray burner.