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by DiscHead
Tue Sep 16, 2025 7:03 pm
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: Flashing Pioneer BDR-212D
Replies: 16
Views: 7812

Re: Flashing Pioneer BDR-212D

Don't mind me piggybacking on this thread. My BDR-212T has finally arrived and it couldn't read my 4K test disc. Here's the output from MakeMKV. Drive Information OS device name: /dev/sr0 Manufacturer: PIONEER Product: BD-RW BDR-212D Revision: 1.02 Serial number: REDACTED Firmware date: 2022-03-16 B...
by DiscHead
Sat Aug 30, 2025 8:18 pm
Forum: LibreDrive drives
Topic: Worth the price (Asus BW-16D1HT vs. Pioneer BDR-212DBK)?
Replies: 3
Views: 2066

Re: Worth the price (Asus BW-16D1HT vs. Pioneer BDR-212DBK)?

I've thought about it over night... the BDR-212DBK is LibreDrive approved and UHD flashable. Plus it can read and write M-DISC(BD) DL, which the Asus can't. So that's minor plus. At the end of the day though (or the start of the next in my case) I realised I'd rather risk regretting spending the mon...
by DiscHead
Sat Aug 30, 2025 5:46 am
Forum: LibreDrive drives
Topic: Worth the price (Asus BW-16D1HT vs. Pioneer BDR-212DBK)?
Replies: 3
Views: 2066

Worth the price (Asus BW-16D1HT vs. Pioneer BDR-212DBK)?

I've just heard the not so new news about Pioneer exiting the optical drive market. Which has pushed me to pull the trigger on that Asus BW-16D1HT that I've had sitting on an Amazon wishlist. I'm a bit behind the curve though, so having read that Pioneer drives are highly recommended, and having rea...