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UHD friendly or official?
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2022 10:22 am
by onkey89
Hi! I recently wanted to rip my LotR 4k remaster copy to load it on our plex server however my blu-ray drive is too old for 4k media and cannot read the disc. When i was looking through the list of uhd compatible drives i noticed there are "Friendly" and "official" drives. I am not an expert on that field and wanted to ask which sort of drive would be better for those tasks. Os: win10 Ripping software: DVDFab12
Re: UHD friendly or official?
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2022 10:07 pm
by MartyMcNuts
onkey89 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 25, 2022 10:22 am
Hi! I recently wanted to rip my LotR 4k remaster copy to load it on our plex server however my blu-ray drive is too old for 4k media and cannot read the disc. When i was looking through the list of uhd compatible drives i noticed there are "Friendly" and "official" drives. I am not an expert on that field and wanted to ask which sort of drive would be better for those tasks. Os: win10 Ripping software: DVDFab12
To suit your requirements, a drive flashed with BU40N 1.00 firmware would be best. That drive could be an Archgon or BU40N or perhaps a BP50NB40 or BP60NB10 cross-flashed. Whichever is available to you at the right price.
If you are in Australia (or NZ) I can help with that. See my signature.
Re: UHD friendly or official?
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2022 9:17 pm
by Cheeseplz
MartyMcNuts wrote: ↑Fri Mar 25, 2022 10:07 pm
onkey89 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 25, 2022 10:22 am
Hi! I recently wanted to rip my LotR 4k remaster copy to load it on our plex server however my blu-ray drive is too old for 4k media and cannot read the disc. When i was looking through the list of uhd compatible drives i noticed there are "Friendly" and "official" drives. I am not an expert on that field and wanted to ask which sort of drive would be better for those tasks. Os: win10 Ripping software: DVDFab12
To suit your requirements, a drive flashed with BU40N 1.00 firmware would be best. That drive could be an Archgon or BU40N or perhaps a BP50NB40 or BP60NB10 cross-flashed. Whichever is available to you at the right price.
If you are in Australia (or NZ) I can help with that. See my signature.
Why would that be preferable to the newly compatible official drives like the Pioneer BDR-XS07UHD?
Re: UHD friendly or official?
Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2022 11:14 pm
by MartyMcNuts
Cheeseplz wrote: ↑Mon Apr 04, 2022 9:17 pm
MartyMcNuts wrote: ↑Fri Mar 25, 2022 10:07 pm
onkey89 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 25, 2022 10:22 am
Hi! I recently wanted to rip my LotR 4k remaster copy to load it on our plex server however my blu-ray drive is too old for 4k media and cannot read the disc. When i was looking through the list of uhd compatible drives i noticed there are "Friendly" and "official" drives. I am not an expert on that field and wanted to ask which sort of drive would be better for those tasks. Os: win10 Ripping software: DVDFab12
To suit your requirements, a drive flashed with BU40N 1.00 firmware would be best. That drive could be an Archgon or BU40N or perhaps a BP50NB40 or BP60NB10 cross-flashed. Whichever is available to you at the right price.
If you are in Australia (or NZ) I can help with that. See my signature.
Why would that be preferable to the newly compatible official drives like the Pioneer BDR-XS07UHD?
My recommendations are due to onkey89's requirements as Pioneer drives do not work with DVDFab.
Re: UHD friendly or official?
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2022 2:57 am
by Cheeseplz
MartyMcNuts wrote: ↑Tue Apr 05, 2022 11:14 pm
Cheeseplz wrote: ↑Mon Apr 04, 2022 9:17 pm
MartyMcNuts wrote: ↑Fri Mar 25, 2022 10:07 pm
To suit your requirements, a drive flashed with BU40N 1.00 firmware would be best. That drive could be an Archgon or BU40N or perhaps a BP50NB40 or BP60NB10 cross-flashed. Whichever is available to you at the right price.
If you are in Australia (or NZ) I can help with that. See my signature.
Why would that be preferable to the newly compatible official drives like the Pioneer BDR-XS07UHD?
My recommendations are due to onkey89's requirements as Pioneer drives do not work with DVDFab.
Ah, of course. Thank you!