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Greetings, Just wanted to post a review regarding my purchase of the Pioneer Premium BDR-XD08EMB-S from Asmcom. The drive was ordered 2025-12-05, and I received it yesterday. The postage was upgraded to UPS International Saver Express, Tracked & Signed Post, for free, many thanks for that! I al...

Bonjour, je viens de recevoir mon Pioneer XS07TS aussitôt déballé testé sur dvd et blu-ray rip nickel aucun souci reconnais les supports sans problème livraison très rapide je suis vraiment satisfait de mon achat si comme moi vous cherchez un lecteur fiable pour ripper vos film allez y les yeux fer...

Ghostrider66 wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 12, 2025 9:37 am

Hi

Just went to the store for the Pioneer XD08TB but I found that it is no longer listed

Will this becoming back in to stock or is it gone for good

Yes, we will have more drives in stock. See note on our website.

Kind Regards

Clare

Billycar11 wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 12, 2025 12:51 pm

tomatodory wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 12, 2025 10:49 am

Now, nearly two years later, has the sales data changed in any way? Are the newer BDR-S13 and BDR-XS08/XD08 more reliable than their respective previous gen, or is the BDR-S12 and BDR-XS07/XD07 still the most reliable?

The 13/213 series is about the same as the s12/212 in reliability
I have found the xd08 to be the most reliable yet over 500 sold in the last month not 1 bad or damaged in shipping

We agree with Billy on this. The BDR-XD08 is a great drive and very reliable. We have secured a couple of pallets US stock which will hopefully arrive after Christmas 🎄

Happy Christmas Everyone from the team at UHD Friendly Drives that is us finished up for Christmas.

Kind Regards

Asmcom

I have bought Pioneer XD08TB from Asmcom and I have nothing but the highest regard for both the seller and the drive. I already had a Verbatim 43888(BU40N) and I struggled with 4K UHDs. 4/10 UHD were erroring out, some of them errored out at the last minute and generally a PITA to deal with. I deci...

Good day everyone, Over the last few years we have had a number of enquiries from customers experiencing issues with the Hitachi BU40N , particularly reports of discs being scratched during loading or ejecting, as well as problems reading discs that have stickers or labels applied to them. I want t...

Hello everyone, I spoke today with a Senior Sales representative at Hitachi Europe. He confirmed that the Hitachi BU40N, BP55, and BP60 are now end-of-life. He also confirmed that all Hitachi 5.25" Blu-ray drives are now end-of-life products. Sad news for the community. Kind regards Asmcom Wel...

Hello everyone,

I spoke today with a Senior Sales representative at Hitachi Europe. He confirmed that the Hitachi BU40N, BP55, and BP60 are now end-of-life.

He also confirmed that all Hitachi 5.25" Blu-ray drives are now end-of-life products.

Sad news for the community.

Kind regards

Asmcom

Stock is running low on the above drive, but hopefully we will have a bulk order before Christmas.

Asmcom

are there any pioneer drives that can still be purchased for under 300 a drive? Doubt it as the worlds supply is dwindling extrememly fast!! I think Marty has forgot about me I have drives available and more Pioneer stock arriving shortly . The global supply is running very low, but we are fortunat...

Brilliant service - they upgraded my postage to 1st class. Came with all the cables you could ever need, including a power plug. Also gave you a basic guide on how to use the drive to its best with MakeMKV. Came with original MakeMKV compatible firmware. Just tested it on both DVD and BluRay and ri...

IronOak wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 01, 2025 12:10 am

So these drives don't need to be flashed, they are ready to go? Of the drives in stock, which would you recommend? Thanks!!

Please email us as we don't conduct our business on the forum as per guidelines.

uhdfriendlydrives@gmail.com

Kind Regards

Clare

Mr_Orange wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 30, 2025 12:51 pm

asmcom wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 30, 2025 12:44 pm

The good news is that we have nearly secured more Pioneer stock that was being retained by Pioneer, which they are going to release soon.

Which models?

When we secure, information will come in due course Mr_Orange.

Clare

You will need to be fast as they are selling fast. The good news is that we have nearly secured more Pioneer stock that was being retained by Pioneer, which they are going to release soon.

Asmcom

If there are any discs that cannot be read by your Pioneer UBK, do you have a backup Pioneer drive you try to read them from or do you have a backup drive from a different manuafacturer? i have moved to exclusively to pioneer xd08 as the other drives are now gone I know that the S12 and S13 series,...