Anyone here own a Blu-ray burner drive? For a project I'm working on I need to get some footage which is only available on a Blu-ray disc. In the spirit of 'if you need it once, you'll need it again', I've decided just to buy a drive. I have a huge DVD collection and won't be upgrading it anytime soon. I've never really had much interest in HD, DVD quality always suited me fine, don't have a HD TV either, so it might be a good while before I make full use of it. Ustilizing the larger disc capacities for storage would be the only real advantage I'd get out of it.

Anyway, I'm looking for some pointers

This is the cheapest read-only drive I've found;
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/172638 (£40.99)

And the cheapest drive which will actually write discs;
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/195146 (£84.99)

Is there anything else I should know, things like;

Blu-Ray region coding issues

software/hardware restrictions depending on what peripherals/outputs I'm using?
Is the format still finding it's footing with regards to reliability, or build quality non-withstanding, a drive is a drive, is a drive
Should I go for the cheaper option now, and then upgrade to a burner further down the line once they've come right down in price?