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I purchased an LG BP50NB40 SVC: NB52 and am trying to get it to rip 4K discs. Since I have a Macbook (Pro 2023, in case it matters) I'm not able to use the nice GUI tool, so I'm trying to work it out in the terminal. I've been fairly successful to a point, getting as far as enabling LibreDrive as ...

pinmasterjay wrote: Thu Oct 24, 2024 7:15 pm Purchased a S13-UBK from Billy and arrived in just a few days. Was able to rip many disks from the notoriously bad Game of Thrones 4k Box set that my old drive was failing on. Highly recommend!

I cannot get past disc one using my S13J/E/U-X. Did you do anything to the disc? I tried everything.

You just need to bend 2 tabs and the Pioneer will fit.

https://mega.nz/file/mV5mCDhT#T794dO6965TQLG5QJTCrea4B8qA33flTTl_wcIH352A

Or drill holes in the bottom


All of these solutions seem quite destructive just to make a drive fit. Is not it best to get a comparable howbeit less nice ...

Did I read that the Pioneers might not fit the OWC enclosure?


Correct. The Pioneer drive I have got here is excessively long from front to back to fit in the OWC enclosure. Both of my LG WH16NS40 drives came inside of them and although they are more nice than the DX2 they are insufficient ...

I'm trying to understand the difference between the Pioneer drives that Billy is selling. They all seem to rip at the same 4x speed. Why pick one over the other?

I have the LG WH14NS40 it is was working fine for the first 2 months, but now it won't detect any disc (BD, DVD, CD, etc.) I put into ...

Billycar11 wrote: Sat Sep 14, 2024 2:34 am i test all drives for 3 hours and all UHD disc types before shipping it did not hang disappear or do anything bad here.

Three hours for each drive! Wow! Now I understand why you charge extra for labour. That is an incredible cumulative quantity of time.

However, I don't know if there is an issue with the drive or with the firmware, but any software in Windows (10) that scans to see the available optical drives will fairly often (33% of the time or so) lock up. It happens with MakeMKV, Imgburn, even EAC and it doesn't matter if there is a disc ...

Disclaimer: I am not trying to compete with anyone in any way. All of the following is true – no scams here.

I have got two optical drives in mint condition purchased years back directly from OWC . The actual drive inside of their super nice aluminium chassis is LG WH16NS40 but interestingly they ...

I'm interpreting it as it justified for those who are having their content taken away by that service.

And then he suggests them the physical media way and shows one of my drives


Louis Rossmann is truly entertaining and correct. Besides many persons' highlighted unnecessary moral and ethical ...

funny product placement in this video...
wonder where he got it from... lol its me

https://youtu.be/f1DvOF-giJQ?si=ROPGbuPdEUkicq6e&t=739


Besides that the funny part is ‘morally justified’, as though supposed ‘piracy’ shall be ‘morally justified’. Personally I never have and never will justify ...

4x is the max for UHD but im sure we are all saving time in the long run compared to an lg or asus having to restart the rip after cleaning a disc or exchange discs

Yesterday I noticed a long time for titles on a BD-ROM FHD disc to load which is unexpected behaviour now. I removed it from my BDR ...

The down side is that the Pioneer's read speed is half (UHD 4x) versus the ASUS (UHD 8x).


You may be able to change that for it may be attributable to the default policy of the drive. This page contains download links to Pioneer's drive utility software. I recommend users of Pioneer's drives to ...

Is that BDR-212 the V or UBK?


I have wondered likewise. I doubt the actual hardware model is the UBK because he mentions in the first post a BDR-212 unit will be flashed with BDR-212UBK firmware. Regardless I believe the 212 anything is an older model which surprises me that it is so popular ...

Is there some reason people are suggesting a USB enclosure? Is one really necessary or can it just simply installed normally via the internal SATA ports on the motherboard?


A USB enclosure is necessary for a laptop. I cannot add my BDR-S13U/J-X to a MacBook Pro or even the latest Mac Pro [to my ...

I see the bolded warning "DO NOT UPGRADE FIRMWARE ONCE YOU GET THE DRIVE!!". Is there anyway the firmware can be automatically upgraded without me actively trying to upgrade? Is there any automatic upgrade I need to worry about and stop?


No. Firmware upgrade occurs only when the user downloads ...