Hey,
I saw these drives could possibly be flashed for UHD Blu-ray ripping in the makemkv forms. I have a BU40N, but even after cleaning it stopped reading blu-rays in general. I remembered I had the BDR-208D laying around and it works perfectly(used a handful of times). So is it possible for 4K Blu-rays? Here are the specs from makemkv:
Manufacture date: March 2013
Drive Information
OS device name: E:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-208D
Revision: 1.10
Serial number: XXXXXXXXXXXX
Firmware date: 2012-08-22
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 38
LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8301
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-208
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.10/ID61
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes
Thanks!
Pioneer BDR-208D
Re: Pioneer BDR-208D
Billy will take care of you as you emailed him already.danieduardo88 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 08, 2026 12:13 pmHey,
I saw these drives could possibly be flashed for UHD Blu-ray ripping in the makemkv forms. I have a BU40N, but even after cleaning it stopped reading blu-rays in general. I remembered I had the BDR-208D laying around and it works perfectly(used a handful of times). So is it possible for 4K Blu-rays? Here are the specs from makemkv:
Manufacture date: March 2013
Drive Information
OS device name: E:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-208D
Revision: 1.10
Serial number: XXXXXXXXXXXX
Firmware date: 2012-08-22
Bus encryption flags: 13
Highest AACS version: 38
LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8301
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-208
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.10/ID61
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes
Thanks!