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- Tue Jun 09, 2026 5:34 pm
- Forum: UHD drives
- Topic: Is the BU40N still the best overall choice?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7260
Re: Is the BU40N still the best overall choice?
Problem solved. I connected my computer via HDMI 2.1 through a home theater receiver, and then to the HISENSE C1 4K. The receiver took over the sound, and the HISENSE C1 4K took over the image. The sound is in Dolby Atmos and DTS:X. :D I have no clue why you didn't use the receiver from the start -...
- Tue May 26, 2026 12:34 pm
- Forum: UHD drives
- Topic: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2026
- Replies: 3828
- Views: 8005685
- Tue May 19, 2026 3:18 pm
- Forum: UHD drives
- Topic: New Software from DVDfab on downgrading UHD drives... Is this good?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 48132
Re: New Software from DVDfab on downgrading UHD drives... Is this good?
By reading the English in this forum, I don't think makemkv is being developed in the US or the EU... at least I would expect better English from a seasoned programmer.. This comment seems a bit unfair considering most of the research and software focused on AACS 1.0/2.0/2.1 was produced by "s...
- Tue May 19, 2026 8:01 am
- Forum: UHD drives
- Topic: UK Advice: Best 4K Ripping Strategy Given Strict Case, Environmental, & Lifespan Constraints?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4093
Re: UK Advice: Best 4K Ripping Strategy Given Strict Case, Environmental, & Lifespan Constraints?
there are plenty of sellers here on the forum that has pioneer drives for sale, it seems. If you have a cat that jumps on the drive, it won't matter if its a slim or a 5.25-drive while ripping, it will shake it and make a bad dump 
- Tue May 19, 2026 7:10 am
- Forum: UHD drives
- Topic: New Software from DVDfab on downgrading UHD drives... Is this good?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 48132
Re: New Software from DVDfab on downgrading UHD drives... Is this good?
Yeah, but I asking myself if they've developed this procedere by their own or perhaps it's copied / stolen from the originals?! I don't know how difficult this is, even for a expierienced programmer. they might have debugged bdrflash and copied firmware for a while, and they might just possible hav...
- Thu May 14, 2026 5:43 pm
- Forum: UHD drives
- Topic: eBay seller toru_0000 unloading on used Pioneer drives
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4361
Re: eBay seller toru_0000 unloading on used Pioneer drives
these are all from japanese auctions sites, cheaper getting them from japan, and you also get a more correct description.
- Thu May 14, 2026 4:50 pm
- Forum: UHD drives
- Topic: What are the reasonable prices?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6845
Re: What are the reasonable prices?
there are still plenty of UHD/BD/DVD players being made, high-end, if you want to actually just own the movie and play it ..
- Wed May 13, 2026 1:20 pm
- Forum: UHD drives
- Topic: What are the reasonable prices?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6845
Re: What are the reasonable prices?
I wonder if this is a smart buy, a new in box BDR-XD05R2, it's an auction, not just sure what it's worth, it is a pioneer after all 
- Tue May 12, 2026 9:35 pm
- Forum: UHD drives
- Topic: SAT8801 / RS8801 - MIPS OR ARM?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4012
Re: SAT8801 / RS8801 - MIPS OR ARM?
the data extracted from all the pioneer executables .text and .data also have x86 headers/executable, the firmware must be either encrypted or compressed further it seems, think I'm gonna run the whole launcher through a debugger and see what it does at a low level, but that's for another time, at ...
- Sun May 10, 2026 12:52 pm
- Forum: UHD drives
- Topic: SAT8801 / RS8801 - MIPS OR ARM?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4012
Re: SAT8801 / RS8801 - MIPS OR ARM?
the data extracted from all the pioneer executables .text and .data also have x86 headers/executable, the firmware must be either encrypted or compressed further it seems, think I'm gonna run the whole launcher through a debugger and see what it does at a low level, but that's for another time, at l...
- Fri May 08, 2026 3:57 pm
- Forum: UHD drives
- Topic: SAT8801 / RS8801 - MIPS OR ARM?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4012
Re: SAT8801 / RS8801 - MIPS OR ARM?
To get fw out of the flasher it's pretty easy you just went a bit to complicated for it With a extraction tool like 7zip just extract the exe And then again extract the updater.exe Then in the rsc and then bin folder there will be kernel and fw But this fw won't work with bdr flash it has to be mod...
- Fri May 08, 2026 10:25 am
- Forum: UHD drives
- Topic: SAT8801 / RS8801 - MIPS OR ARM?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4012
Re: SAT8801 / RS8801 - MIPS OR ARM?
Thanks! Coppervid: i'd very much like to see the original firmware 1.53 for the 211 to compare to what i have dumped, the pioneer drive is very tricky, i tried extracting the firmware from the official flasher, but what i got was 8kbs of data about digital certificates.... :) but that was only a qui...
- Fri May 08, 2026 9:52 am
- Forum: UHD drives
- Topic: Buyer's Guide 2026Q1: ASUS BW-16D1X-U vs Verbatim 43890
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7411
Re: Buyer's Guide 2026Q1: ASUS BW-16D1X-U vs Verbatim 43890
it's interesting, the ASUS BW-16D1X-U cost about 100 euros more than the verbatim slim drive with BU40N, at least if the verbatim is a better choice 
- Wed May 06, 2026 3:05 pm
- Forum: UHD drives
- Topic: SAT8801 / RS8801 - MIPS OR ARM?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4012
SAT8801 / RS8801 - MIPS OR ARM?
Hi, not sure where to post, as there are no coding threads on this forum, but i started yesterday coding a firmware tool, just for fun, and dumped my firmware after hours of probing on a SAT8801 / RS8801 platform, though i wish to know which chipset its using, if its MIPS or ARM, or something comple...
- Tue May 05, 2026 4:47 pm
- Forum: UHD drives
- Topic: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2026
- Replies: 3828
- Views: 8005685
Re: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2026
Hi! I wanna join the UHD ripping club, can someone recommend me a drive (hopefully from amazon) available today and makeMKV setup for my linux system? Im considering containers too. I see lots of options but not so sure where to start :D There are several factors, what's your budget, where in the w...