Anything I can do to make "non-UHD" Pioneer BD(XL) drive support UHD BD?

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tomty89
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Anything I can do to make "non-UHD" Pioneer BD(XL) drive support UHD BD?

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Hi all! So I have a BDR-S08(XLB/XLT), which apparently does not support UHD BD officially, and that apparently is not something that even LibreDrive can help. So my question is, can it be made to support UHD BD through some unofficial firmware flashing or so?
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Re: Anything I can do to make "non-UHD" Pioneer BD(XL) drive support UHD BD?

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No, there isn't. The formats are different.
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Re: Anything I can do to make "non-UHD" Pioneer BD(XL) drive support UHD BD?

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There were recent success stories with cross-flashing Pioneer drives, I believe some forum members provide this service for a fee. Current sdftool does not support this. I believe the relevant research happens on https://www.cdrinfo.pl/ forum.
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Re: Anything I can do to make "non-UHD" Pioneer BD(XL) drive support UHD BD?

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tomty89 wrote:
Fri Oct 07, 2022 1:27 pm
Hi all! So I have a BDR-S08(XLB/XLT), which apparently does not support UHD BD officially, and that apparently is not something that even LibreDrive can help. So my question is, can it be made to support UHD BD through some unofficial firmware flashing or so?
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Re: Anything I can do to make "non-UHD" Pioneer BD(XL) drive support UHD BD?

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mike admin wrote:
Thu Oct 20, 2022 5:03 pm
There were recent success stories with cross-flashing Pioneer drives, I believe some forum members provide this service for a fee. Current sdftool does not support this. I believe the relevant research happens on https://www.cdrinfo.pl/ forum.
Thanx Mike, wealth of information.

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Re: Anything I can do to make "non-UHD" Pioneer BD(XL) drive support UHD BD?

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Power-Read™ wrote:
Thu Dec 01, 2022 8:59 pm
mike admin wrote:
Thu Oct 20, 2022 5:03 pm
There were recent success stories with cross-flashing Pioneer drives, I believe some forum members provide this service for a fee. Current sdftool does not support this. I believe the relevant research happens on https://www.cdrinfo.pl/ forum.
Thanx Mike, wealth of information.

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