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Sorry, not sure if this is the right place to ask this but was just wondering if it's worth getting just a regular DVD drive too. I have a lot of DVDs in addition to blu-rays and UHDs and was thinking maybe it's worth getting just a regular DVD drive for those to save some wear and tear on the BD dr...

Hey, sorry been a couple weeks since my last reply. I was all set on trying my luck and just ordering that ASUS drive I saw on Amazon, as that'd give me some buyer protection at least. I was going to wait until the new year to order, but then they went out of stock which got me really bummed, as I c...

Oh hey it's you :o Sorry, I just meant I'm looking for an internal 5.25 inch drive specifically, and it looked like you were out of stock on all of those. Where do you and these other flahsed drive resellers (is that the right term?) get all these drives anyway? Like do you just order them from shop...

Oh okay, that doesn't sound that bad than I guess. I might just try get that ASUS one I saw on Amazon, it seems the most easily available to me and they usually have pretty good customer protection in my experience. I checked my Verbatim 43888 in makemkv and according to that it's a Pioneer BDR-UD04...

Oh I see, that's interesting then. There is one Asus drive I see, the ASUS BW-16D1HT, that seems relatively in-stock some places, I guess it's one of the LG drives inside? Would this be an alright choice? It's just that flashing guide that says in big bold words right at the start " The recomme...

Ah I see, thanks for the info. So, most Pioneer drives with a manufacture date before Dec 2022 should be somewhat safe then? Is there much difference in quality between the various models? And yeah taking a look more recently, they are getting kind of expensive 0_0 What about the LG drives, they see...

Hi there, new person here, can someone help me figure out what's a good internal drive to get? Sorry I know this probably gets asked a lot, but I've tried reading the forums but there's like a lot of information and it's a bit overwhelming I already have an external 4k Verbatim 43888 drive which wor...