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AlloAllo wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 14, 2022 9:04 pm

When covid hit, lots of intermediate manufacturers worldwide, but especially in china, reduced output and or closed, or became more expensive. This was part and parcel of what happened with the semi conductor shortages.
There is a good chance that they used the same specs but either sourced intermediate parts from a different manufacturer or they startdd using a different site/company for assembly. Whatever the cause, it does sound like they must have modfiied their manufacturing process.

thirdgen89gta wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 06, 2023 2:15 pm

So here I am, not even a year later, and I've started having several 4K discs fail to read on my WH16NS60 drive. Just plain fails to mount them in the OS and the drive shows empty. I'm so done with this crap.

Picked up The Last Starfighter 4K Remaster, and it wouldn't read the disc at all. Replaced disc from Amazon, new disc same behavior. Both discs immaculate with not a single imperfection visible, perfect mirror finish. I've also had a few others not read or start reporting errors while ripping after mounting.

I think it's time to give either the BU40N or the Pioneer drive a try. Gonna have to start reading up on them so see which direction to go.

Coopervid wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 06, 2023 5:29 pm

Always clean UHD discs with liquid soap and warm water. Then dry with a microfiber cloth as used to clean glasses. This applies also to brand new discs out-of-the-box.

thirdgen89gta wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 23, 2023 4:02 am

Coopervid wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 06, 2023 5:29 pm

Always clean UHD discs with liquid soap and warm water. Then dry with a microfiber cloth as used to clean glasses. This applies also to brand new discs out-of-the-box.

Tired of that answer, as its just plain lazy posting, don't bother posting, been there done that, cleaned discs, same BS problems.

Disc can't be read, OS barely can't see it as a readable disc half the time. Clean said disc. Still can't read disc.

Return disc to vendor, buy a replacement disc, same issues.

Drive is clean as can be, no dust, dirt, crap on the lens, reads normal blurays just fine.

The fact that some of you continue to push the 'clean the disc' despite the disc having perfect optical clarity is pointless considering the unreliability of the 4K drive market.

Billycar11 wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 23, 2023 5:54 am

thirdgen89gta wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 23, 2023 4:02 am

Coopervid wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 06, 2023 5:29 pm

Always clean UHD discs with liquid soap and warm water. Then dry with a microfiber cloth as used to clean glasses. This applies also to brand new discs out-of-the-box.

Tired of that answer, as its just plain lazy posting, don't bother posting, been there done that, cleaned discs, same BS problems.

Disc can't be read, OS barely can't see it as a readable disc half the time. Clean said disc. Still can't read disc.

Return disc to vendor, buy a replacement disc, same issues.

Drive is clean as can be, no dust, dirt, crap on the lens, reads normal blurays just fine.

The fact that some of you continue to push the 'clean the disc' despite the disc having perfect optical clarity is pointless considering the unreliability of the 4K drive market.

it pioneer time man i can tell you they have a less than 1% fail rate compared the the 25% plus of those desktop lg/asus have and even better than the BU40N at like 8% fail rate these are my numbers though and im quick to exchange a drive that acts funny in my testing.
i got pioneers ready to go now.

but dont criticize us for telling you to clean the disc it does actually helps alot of people some people dont realize you cant get finger prints on a disc and have it work reliably.
fyi most pioneers you buy new will need to be flashed and some cant be flashed at all so best to buy a pioneer though a seller for now.