I have been looking for a decent blu-ray burner mainly for backup purposes. It seems as though desktop BD burners have much higher write speed compared to the slim-line ones. I was wondering if I can power up and run a internal desktop SATA ODD as external to a laptop using a eSATA to SATA cable? I got this cable specifically to connect a SATA 2.5' HDD to the eSATA port. Is the ODD SATA port different from the HDD SATA port? Also will there be enough power from the laptop? The eSATA cable has a y-cable, which has another USB port for power.
Thanks!