OK I understand what you mean. It's true that starting a blu ray disc with PowerDVD is painfully long. Let's go for this "rip before playing" method!
I'll check with some online stores for the best available drive.
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- Mon Oct 27, 2025 10:28 am
- Forum: LibreDrive drives
- Topic: Advice for new optical drive purchase
- Replies: 10
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- Sat Oct 25, 2025 8:22 am
- Forum: LibreDrive drives
- Topic: Advice for new optical drive purchase
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Re: Advice for new optical drive purchase
Hi all, well yes, I'm still burning discs for long term backup. As I work in 3D/Video/Games, I handle huge files, and each projects can easily reach 100 or 200 Gb. When I finish a project I need to archive it to clear space on my PC. That's why I need burning on 100 and 120 Gb Blu-ray discs. I've be...
- Fri Oct 24, 2025 8:00 am
- Forum: LibreDrive drives
- Topic: Advice for new optical drive purchase
- Replies: 10
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Re: Advice for new optical drive purchase
Oh :o These are very sad, sad news. I'm an old school HTPC guy and I still purchase blu-rays regularly! I wanted to purchase a new drive to try 4K blu-rays. So Pioneer pulls out of Blu-ray drive manufacturing? What about other brands ? LG? Asus? They're pulling out too? About blu-ray discs, Copilot ...
- Thu Oct 23, 2025 1:44 pm
- Forum: LibreDrive drives
- Topic: Advice for new optical drive purchase
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1170
Re: Advice for new optical drive purchase
Hi Woodstock, thanks for the info. I've read elsewhere about it and yes the LG drive are not advised. But I found a recently released Pioneer burner that is said to be able to read 4K blu-rays discs on Windows 11 through PowerDVD : https://pioneer-blurayodd.eu/products/bdr-xs07tuhd/index.php . :D It...
- Wed Oct 22, 2025 4:37 pm
- Forum: LibreDrive drives
- Topic: Advice for new optical drive purchase
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1170
Advice for new optical drive purchase
Hello there! I'm a forum newbie! I'd like to get your advices for a new optical drive I'd like to purchase. I'd like it to : ... - Be new, released in 2025 or 2024 (or 2023) - Able to burn all kind of discs including 100 and 120 Gb blu rays - Able to read 4K Blu rays on my Windows PC. Do I need to f...