Anyone Own and have experience with BDR-UD03X from Pioneer

[homebdr]

Had an internal drive go bad on my computer. Looking to replace with something not lg or panasonic. Found this drive on Amazon BDR-UD03X https://www.amazon.com/Pioneer-Internal ... =UTF8&th=1 .

Would this be a good drive if the firmware was of the right version?

[Coopervid]

Get this. With enclosure and contains a Pioneer UD03.

https://www.amazon.com/Verbatim-Externa ... 09PY6SC9Y/

This drive can't read UHDs, only BDs. However, it can be flashed to UD04 in Windows to do so. Let me know by PM if that is of interest.

[homebdr]

Get this. With enclosure and contains a Pioneer UD03.

https://www.amazon.com/Verbatim-Externa ... 09PY6SC9Y/

This drive can't read UHDs, only BDs. However, it can be flashed to UD04 in Windows to do so. Let me know by PM if that is of interest.

Being a noob I can't PM for now. Will just post my response here in that case. I do think that drive you suggested is fine and would work as spare. However I need to replace the oem drive that came in the computer. I own a ROG G20AJ since 2015.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/ ... ws8_1.html

I go the box new back then and right off the bat the dvdrw that came in it was bad. Spoke to ASUS and they offered up a refurb to replace the whole computer when all that was bad was the dvd drive. Finally decided to by a replacement and this time I bought a bluray drive. For some reason it keeps disconnecting from the machine when I insert a disc and I have to tap on it to get it to come back. Really not something I wanna trust. I checked the wiring inside for power and sata and both check fine with a multimeter.

With that I do use several external drives already but want to keep the main machine whole. That is why I asked about the pioneer drive. I have had so many lg drives and panasonic and have found them to not really hold up well as I would have liked. Thanks for trying to help.

[Coopervid]

Again. This forum sucks. The users are soooo slow.

[Billycar11]

Again. This forum sucks. The users are soooo slow.

He's new so his posts need to approved for the first few.

[Coopervid]

Understood. But he can reply.

[Coopervid]

Get this. With enclosure and contains a Pioneer UD03.

https://www.amazon.com/Verbatim-Externa ... 09PY6SC9Y/

This drive can't read UHDs, only BDs. However, it can be flashed to UD04 in Windows to do so. Let me know by PM if that is of interest.

Being a noob I can't PM for now. Will just post my response here in that case. I do think that drive you suggested is fine and would work as spare. However I need to replace the oem drive that came in the computer. I own a ROG G20AJ since 2015.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/ ... ws8_1.html

I go the box new back then and right off the bat the dvdrw that came in it was bad. Spoke to ASUS and they offered up a refurb to replace the whole computer when all that was bad was the dvd drive. Finally decided to by a replacement and this time I bought a bluray drive. For some reason it keeps disconnecting from the machine when I insert a disc and I have to tap on it to get it to come back. Really not something I wanna trust. I checked the wiring inside for power and sata and both check fine with a multimeter.

With that I do use several external drives already but want to keep the main machine whole. That is why I asked about the pioneer drive. I have had so many lg drives and panasonic and have found them to not really hold up well as I would have liked. Thanks for trying to help.

Tell us what you want. You are confusing me. I suggested the most affordable solution.

[dcoke22]

This appears to the manual to be the OP's computer. https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/Desk ... odel=G20AJ

Even though it is a desktop computer, it appears to use a slim form factor optical drive. If I understand the OP correctly, they want to replace their internal drive with one that works, preferably a Pioneer drive.

Generally speaking, the slim form factor drives are all the same size. The one Coopervid pointed out, while it does come in an external enclosure, has a slim form factor optical drive inside the enclosure. You could keep it in the enclosure to use it that way or remove it from the enclosure and install it in your PC. Verbatim does not make any optical drives; they buy them from a vendor and put them in an enclosure with their logo silkscreened onto it. In this case, Coopervid is saying the drive inside the Verbatim enclosure is a Pioneer UD03.

Furthermore, Coopervid says it can be flashed to think it is a Pioneer UD04 model and thus be able to rip 4K UHD discs.

[homebdr]

This appears to the manual to be the OP's computer. https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/Desk ... odel=G20AJ

Even though it is a desktop computer, it appears to use a slim form factor optical drive. If I understand the OP correctly, they want to replace their internal drive with one that works, preferably a Pioneer drive.

Generally speaking, the slim form factor drives are all the same size. The one Coopervid pointed out, while it does come in an external enclosure, has a slim form factor optical drive inside the enclosure. You could keep it in the enclosure to use it that way or remove it from the enclosure and install it in your PC. Verbatim does not make any optical drives; they buy them from a vendor and put them in an enclosure with their logo silkscreened onto it. In this case, Coopervid is saying the drive inside the Verbatim enclosure is a Pioneer UD03.

Furthermore, Coopervid says it can be flashed to think it is a Pioneer UD04 model and thus be able to rip 4K UHD discs.

That works for me. Thank you

[pooboy_92]

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Drive Information
OS device name: E:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-UD03
Revision: 1.14
Serial number: BDDL487728WL
Firmware date: 2020-06-15
Bus encryption flags: 1B

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8511
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-US03
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.14
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Ye

I have a UD03 as well, would it be possible to get flashing information for UHD?

[guymid]

Get this. With enclosure and contains a Pioneer UD03.

https://www.amazon.com/Verbatim-Externa ... 09PY6SC9Y/

This drive can't read UHDs, only BDs. However, it can be flashed to UD04 in Windows to do so. Let me know by PM if that is of interest.

I would appreciate knowing how to upgrade my UD03 to UD04 (cannot PM as new). Many thanks

[Coopervid]

Get this. With enclosure and contains a Pioneer UD03.

https://www.amazon.com/Verbatim-Externa ... 09PY6SC9Y/

This drive can't read UHDs, only BDs. However, it can be flashed to UD04 in Windows to do so. Let me know by PM if that is of interest.

I would appreciate knowing how to upgrade my UD03 to UD04 (cannot PM as new). Many thanks

Post your Makemkv info. We'll see then.

[guymid]

I would appreciate knowing how to upgrade my UD03 to UD04 (cannot PM as new). Many thanks

Post your Makemkv info. We'll see then.

Here it is, thank you

Drive Information
OS device name: F:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-UD03
Revision: 1.14
Serial number: [redacted]
Firmware date: 2020-06-15
Bus encryption flags: 1B

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8511
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-US03
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.14
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

[Coopervid]

I would appreciate knowing how to upgrade my UD03 to UD04 (cannot PM as new). Many thanks

Post your Makemkv info. We'll see then.

Here it is, thank you

Drive Information
OS device name: F:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-UD03
Revision: 1.14
Serial number: [redacted]
Firmware date: 2020-06-15
Bus encryption flags: 1B

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8511
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-US03
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.14
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

PM is coming.

[guymid]

PM is coming.

Thank you!