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by jjmkv
Tue Feb 11, 2025 4:52 pm
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2025
Replies: 2764
Views: 5862333

Re: Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2025

Slightly nervous about having an app making and pulling files from a Russian server as obv there is a reputation associated with servers hosted in certain country’s which is why I went with pulling a public keydb file myself manually and vetting the file. Would prefer to do that each time. I follow...
by jjmkv
Tue Feb 11, 2025 4:33 pm
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: Third LG WH16 Dead
Replies: 5
Views: 576

Re: Third LG WH16 Dead

I have apparently been pretty lucky I guess with LGs. I have a WH16 in a NexStar DX case FW 1.02 that I have put literally thousands of DVD/BD/UHD discs through. Occasional read errors, but still going strong for years. Also have a Pioneer BDR-XS07U that has ripped hundreds of DVD/BD/UHD. Very relia...
by jjmkv
Mon Feb 03, 2025 4:36 pm
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: How To: Internal Drive to Single USB-C
Replies: 15
Views: 3740

Re: How To: Internal Drive to Single USB-C

Looks to me that a G4 imac just uses a regular optical drive with the faceplate taken off... nothing special... flash an LG, take off the faceplate.

then, just use a "USB C to SATA Adapter" to go from the mac mini to the uhd drive.

Nothing complicated.
by jjmkv
Tue Jan 28, 2025 5:09 pm
Forum: UHD drives
Topic: Looking for Pioneer external drive in US
Replies: 4
Views: 476

Re: Looking for Pioneer external drive in US

If you look on amazon for a Verbatim 43888, the one that takes a while to ship, its a BDR-UD04 inside. Mine just arrived and its running FW 1.14 and works out of the box with no flashing. Connected via USB-C and it works like a champ. But, when on amazon, make sure you actually click on the item and...