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B&H Photo raised the price by $65 today, but Office Depot still has 99+ in stock at $186.

https://www.officedepot.com/a/products/ ... -BDXL-Blu/

B&H Photo raised the price by $65 today, but Office Depot still has 99+ in stock at $186.

https://www.officedepot.com/a/products/ ... -BDXL-Blu/

Are there any manufacturers left? Nobody is manufacturing the core drives anymore. There are still a few companies with remaining drives in inventory, that are stuffing them inside USB enclosures, and selling them as external drives at a markup. Since this is the last hurrah, the FOMO has never bee...

Yup got it up and running, works like a charm! Think if you just directly flash to the HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_WH16NS60-1.02 firmware you can avoid the issues I was having Flash directly to WH16NS60 1.02- MK . One and done. After that the encrypted box on the SDFlasher tool will have a red X next to it, and...

Yup got it up and running, works like a charm! Think if you just directly flash to the HL-DT-ST-BD-RE_WH16NS60-1.02 firmware you can avoid the issues I was having Flash directly to WH16NS60 1.02- MK . One and done. After that the encrypted box on the SDFlasher tool will have a red X next to it, and...

Best Buy seems to have the LG BP50NB40 in stock most of the time for about $115. They were on sale for $93 a few weeks ago. https://www.bestbuy.com/product/lg-8x-external-usb-2-0-blu-ray-disc-double-layer-dvdrw-cd-rw-disc-rewriter-black/JXTZZL27X9 But I think the last reasonable deals (before new dr...

Or maybe I just got lucky.

It probably doesn't matter, but the manufacture date from the sticker on top of the drive is March 2023.
In case anybody cares.

I just got this slim drive today. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CS3MY2DG It rips 4K UHD right out of the box, without any flashing. OS device name: /dev/sr0 Manufacturer: hp HLDS Product: BDRE BU40N Revision: BW41 Serial number: Firmware date: 2116-12-22 09:20 Bus encryption flags: 1F Highest AACS ver...

That drive didn't need to be flashed at all. I just got one today, and it rips UHD disks right out of the box.

Good luck!

I meant to post this in the Blu-ray forum.

On Linux, BU40N drives work better on the 1.00 firmware. Hello, I also have strange behavior under Linux by my BU40N. Question : where do you find the 1.00 firmware ? Thanks a lot in advance for your help ! It's in here. https://www.mediafire.com/file/bpl3pz2brp9lquk/All+You+Need+Firmware+Pack+%28M...

Has anybody had success ripping this title? I've tried with 3 or 4 different drives, and about 20 min in, it starts throwing errors.