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by JTRock
Mon Oct 16, 2023 1:14 pm
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: Ripping UHD discs with LG WH16NS60
Replies: 10
Views: 11627

Re: Ripping UHD discs with LG WH16NS60

mikey1273 wrote:
Wed Apr 12, 2023 1:01 am
Success! I'm ripping m first 4k disc now
Thanks so much
Hi Mikey1273,
I am researching drives and saw that you went with LG. How has your experience been over the past several months with the WH16NS60?
by JTRock
Sun Oct 15, 2023 7:30 pm
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: Need New UHD Drive(5.25 internal) - looking for tips/things to check
Replies: 2
Views: 1902

Re: Need New UHD Drive(5.25 internal) - looking for tips/things to check

I recommend pioneers over the LG Sad thing is it won't fit in your owc return it if you can and get a vantec and a pioneer Thanks for the feedback. I probably can’t return the owc at this point. I’m trying to figure out why LG is not as good as pioneer, is it consistency? My old LG drive ( WH14NS40...
by JTRock
Sun Oct 15, 2023 1:16 pm
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: Need New UHD Drive(5.25 internal) - looking for tips/things to check
Replies: 2
Views: 1902

Need New UHD Drive(5.25 internal) - looking for tips/things to check

Hi, Looks like I need a new drive. My LG WH14NS40(July 2014) is a year or two too old(to capture UHD) So I am leaning toward a LG WH16NS40 because the form says it can work (firmware 1.02). I just bought a owc enclosure, so I want to buy an internal drive. I lean LG, because I know it,but open to ot...
by JTRock
Sun Oct 15, 2023 1:01 pm
Forum: LibreDrive drives
Topic: LG WH14NS40 Drive purchused 2014 Firmware 1.03
Replies: 7
Views: 8962

Re: LG WH14NS40 Drive purchused 2014 Firmware 1.03

MOST drives that can do UHD will have that listed on the box. They just "require" a UHD-capable system (i.e., Intel system with Windows and proper software). The manufacturers really want to sell that capability. The tricky bit is Pioneer drives - late model ones (after November 2022) hav...
by JTRock
Fri Oct 13, 2023 2:06 am
Forum: LibreDrive drives
Topic: LG WH14NS40 Drive purchused 2014 Firmware 1.03
Replies: 7
Views: 8962

Re: LG WH14NS40 Drive purchused 2014 Firmware 1.03

It isn't the first time they've re-used a model number. There is a "portable" drive they have sold for years, but the hardware that make it has changed in that time. My version from 2017 couldn't do UHD; later ones can. Late 2015 was when UHD drives started to appear, with 2016 being when...
by JTRock
Thu Oct 12, 2023 1:02 pm
Forum: LibreDrive drives
Topic: LG WH14NS40 Drive purchused 2014 Firmware 1.03
Replies: 7
Views: 8962

Re: LG WH14NS40 Drive purchused 2014 Firmware 1.03

You won't get any better performance out of a 2014 drive as far as UHD is concerned - the drive can't do it. You'll find that the controller chip doesn't handle UHD encoding. It will handle "regular" BD just fine, with no firmware changes. I haven't bothered changing any of my pre-UHD dri...
by JTRock
Thu Oct 12, 2023 1:44 am
Forum: LibreDrive drives
Topic: LG WH14NS40 Drive purchused 2014 Firmware 1.03
Replies: 7
Views: 8962

LG WH14NS40 Drive purchused 2014 Firmware 1.03

Hello, I am in the process of learning how I can make my Drive read the data of off a UHD. The first Note of the "BEFORE FLASHING" section says 1. Make sure your Drive was built after 2016 on label or late 2015 if you want to risk it. I would assume that if I bought my drive in 2014, this ...