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Might want to update the thread's title with the words SOLD.

Someone uploaded a review of the fake Pioneer BDR-XD08TC to Youtube. Thought some users in this forum might be interested watching it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeimTzyybIQ In summary, the SATA to USB controller inside the enclosure is faking to the OS what drive is really inside the enclosure...

Where Hitashi-LG and Pioneer the only OEMs making PC Bluray Drives capable of reading and writing discs? Are the only remaining OEMs creating Bluray drive for consumer electronics Sony and Panasonic? I might be wrong but given the current market it seems the main thing keeping Blurays alive are the ...

MartyMcNuts wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 26, 2026 6:24 am

BDR_UD03 wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 26, 2026 12:55 am

One way to confirm is an issue with the cable your are using is to check that serial number matches what is printed on your drive. Does it match?

With LG drives, the serial shown in MakeMKV never matches the label.

Thanks for the info.

https://www.reddit.com/r/HDDVD/comments/18nakmm/rescuing_damaged_hd_dvds_an_experiment_a_visual/ That post has some info. In short, it might be able to let you stream the ISO to VLC. If you find another source, it might let you repair the damaged areas by merging the 2 together. Your other option, v...

One way to confirm is an issue with the cable your are using is to check that serial number matches what is printed on your drive. Does it match?

Not a sure thing but another way would be to keep an eye on reddit, this forum, and other online forums. Sometimes there are using positing what they got and who they bought it from ie. ebay, amazon, etc. That decreases the possibility of getting a fake but the chance are still not 0%.

How do I do this? Should I buy this program? I never have the firmware version 1.14. You have a PM now. Hi Coopervid, could you check this one: Manufacturer: PIONEER Product: BD-RW BDR-UD03 Revision: 1.14 Serial number: Firmware date: 2020-06-15 Bus encryption flags: 1B Highest AACS version: 68 Lib...

It seems currently Office depot usa is a good source for pioneer/verbatim ud-03 with pre 2023 terror firmware Also offering a 25% sign up code. They were, I managed to grab a few but now their website says out of stock and everywhere around I check for pickup is also oos... but It was a nice last d...