ASUS BW-16D1HT or BW-16D1X-U/Pioneer BDR-212T

[D3619]

Hello everyone and a good evening!

I´m currently using two Verbatim 43888 (one with a Pioneer BDR-UD04 inside and one with a LG BU40N) and an ASUS BW-16D1HT. Due to coming shortages of availability I thought about getting maybe one or two more drives and put one of them in storage, if one of my current drives failes.

Currently available in my country are the two drives named in the subject, both are from ASUS, one of them is the BW-16D1HT and the other a BW-16D1X-U with a Pioneer BDR-212T inside.

I searched already in this forum and found, that it is possible to flash the BDR-212T for UHD.

My question for you guys is now, which drive would y´all choose/recommend? Price for the BW-16D1HT is 98€ and for the BW-16D1X-U/BDR-212T 145€.

Specs for the BDR-212T below, should be flashable according to other topics in this forum:

Produzent: ASUS
Produkt: BW-16D1X-U
Revision: E113
Serienummer: ***
Firmware-Datum: 2020-07-21
Markierungen der Bus-Verschlüsselung: 1B
Highest AACS version: 82

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8F00
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-212T
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: E113/ID76
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

Thank y´all in advance!

[Billycar11]

The pioneer is the better drive

Email me to flash them just send the drive info to my email below