So I purchased a used SH-B123 Blu-Ray drive

[ygravel001]

After my LG bit the dust, I could not find any Blu-Ray drive at a decent price except for a Samsung SH-B123 on ebay ($120 CAD + taxes and S&H). While it works with MakeMVK to rip my Blu-Rays, it's very slow, read speed indicated anywhere between 1X and 2X and sometimes bellow 1X. A movies that could take me more or less 20 minutes to rip with my LG takes almost 2 hours now.

Is this just a slow drive or is it just signs that it's dying and I should return it?

Cheers

[MartyMcNuts]

After my LG bit the dust, I could not find any Blu-Ray drive at a decent price except for a Samsung SH-B123 on ebay ($120 CAD + taxes and S&H). While it works with MakeMVK to rip my Blu-Rays, it's very slow, read speed indicated anywhere between 1X and 2X and sometimes bellow 1X. A movies that could take me more or less 20 minutes to rip with my LG takes almost 2 hours now.

Is this just a slow drive or is it just signs that it's dying and I should return it?

Cheers

Junk drive. Those old Samsung’s are often speed limited. Don’t buy a Samsung, Matshita or Panasonic optical drive. Stick with LG or Pioneer but don’t take too long as the world’s supply is dwindling fast! Verbatim’s can still be found easy enough and some models have a LG BU40N or Pioneer BDR-UD03 inside.

[ygravel001]

After my LG bit the dust, I could not find any Blu-Ray drive at a decent price except for a Samsung SH-B123 on ebay ($120 CAD + taxes and S&H). While it works with MakeMVK to rip my Blu-Rays, it's very slow, read speed indicated anywhere between 1X and 2X and sometimes bellow 1X. A movies that could take me more or less 20 minutes to rip with my LG takes almost 2 hours now.

Is this just a slow drive or is it just signs that it's dying and I should return it?

Cheers

Junk drive. Those old Samsung’s are often speed limited. Don’t buy a Samsung, Matshita or Panasonic optical drive. Stick with LG or Pioneer but don’t take too long as the world’s supply is dwindling fast! Verbatim’s can still be found easy enough and some models have a LG BU40N or Pioneer BDR-UD03 inside.

Don't suppose you know of a good supplier?

[MartyMcNuts]

After my LG bit the dust, I could not find any Blu-Ray drive at a decent price except for a Samsung SH-B123 on ebay ($120 CAD + taxes and S&H). While it works with MakeMVK to rip my Blu-Rays, it's very slow, read speed indicated anywhere between 1X and 2X and sometimes bellow 1X. A movies that could take me more or less 20 minutes to rip with my LG takes almost 2 hours now.

Is this just a slow drive or is it just signs that it's dying and I should return it?

Cheers

Junk drive. Those old Samsung’s are often speed limited. Don’t buy a Samsung, Matshita or Panasonic optical drive. Stick with LG or Pioneer but don’t take too long as the world’s supply is dwindling fast! Verbatim’s can still be found easy enough and some models have a LG BU40N or Pioneer BDR-UD03 inside.

Don't suppose you know of a good supplier?

Depends on where you are in the world and what you want.

[ygravel001]

Junk drive. Those old Samsung’s are often speed limited. Don’t buy a Samsung, Matshita or Panasonic optical drive. Stick with LG or Pioneer but don’t take too long as the world’s supply is dwindling fast! Verbatim’s can still be found easy enough and some models have a LG BU40N or Pioneer BDR-UD03 inside.

Don't suppose you know of a good supplier?

Depends on where you are in the world and what you want.

LG Blu-Ray drive (Internal if possible) and I'm in Canada.

[MartyMcNuts]

Don't suppose you know of a good supplier?

Depends on where you are in the world and what you want.

LG Blu-Ray drive (Internal if possible) and I'm in Canada.

You will be very hard pressed to find any internal drives these days. Apparently LG stopped manufacturing them around September last year. Pioneer even earlier. There are now also some fakes coming out of china.

If you must have an internal, your best bet would probably be to get an external ASUS BW-16D1X-U and take the drive out of the enclosure. These can contain either a LG or a Pioneer.

I occasionally ship to Canada but no longer source internal drives. The last batch of internal drives I had were back in March 2025. Only external drives from now on and that probably won't be for much longer either.

[ygravel001]

Depends on where you are in the world and what you want.

LG Blu-Ray drive (Internal if possible) and I'm in Canada.

You will be very hard pressed to find any internal drives these days. Apparently LG stopped manufacturing them around September last year. Pioneer even earlier. There are now also some fakes coming out of china.

If you must have an internal, your best bet would probably be to get an external ASUS BW-16D1X-U and take the drive out of the enclosure. These can contain either a LG or a Pioneer.

I occasionally ship to Canada but no longer source internal drives. The last batch of internal drives I had were back in March 2025. Only external drives from now on and that probably won't be for much longer either.

Wanted internal because I already have an external enclosure, but if it's no longer possible, then it's no longer possible. How much does those external drives go for then?

[MartyMcNuts]

LG Blu-Ray drive (Internal if possible) and I'm in Canada.

You will be very hard pressed to find any internal drives these days. Apparently LG stopped manufacturing them around September last year. Pioneer even earlier. There are now also some fakes coming out of china.

If you must have an internal, your best bet would probably be to get an external ASUS BW-16D1X-U and take the drive out of the enclosure. These can contain either a LG or a Pioneer.

I occasionally ship to Canada but no longer source internal drives. The last batch of internal drives I had were back in March 2025. Only external drives from now on and that probably won't be for much longer either.

Wanted internal because I already have an external enclosure, but if it's no longer possible, then it's no longer possible. How much does those external drives go for then?

No idea. Probably a couple hundred. Check your local stores or Amazon.

[ygravel001]

You will be very hard pressed to find any internal drives these days. Apparently LG stopped manufacturing them around September last year. Pioneer even earlier. There are now also some fakes coming out of china.

If you must have an internal, your best bet would probably be to get an external ASUS BW-16D1X-U and take the drive out of the enclosure. These can contain either a LG or a Pioneer.

I occasionally ship to Canada but no longer source internal drives. The last batch of internal drives I had were back in March 2025. Only external drives from now on and that probably won't be for much longer either.

Wanted internal because I already have an external enclosure, but if it's no longer possible, then it's no longer possible. How much does those external drives go for then?

No idea. Probably a couple hundred. Check your local stores or Amazon.

Well I'll be returning that drive to the ebay seller. On Amazon, don't have a lot of results and 90% of them look like cheap Chinese crap:
https://tinyurl.com/msv32sf

That being said, these 2 might be good, what do you think?
https://tinyurl.com/msadnhn3
https://tinyurl.com/3ppnswxm

[MartyMcNuts]

Wanted internal because I already have an external enclosure, but if it's no longer possible, then it's no longer possible. How much does those external drives go for then?

No idea. Probably a couple hundred. Check your local stores or Amazon.

Well I'll be returning that drive to the ebay seller. On Amazon, don't have a lot of results and 90% of them look like cheap Chinese crap:
https://tinyurl.com/msv32sf

That being said, these 2 might be good, what do you think?
https://tinyurl.com/msadnhn3
https://tinyurl.com/3ppnswxm

Yeah, either of those 2 would be ok. The first one is the BW-16D1X-U that I recommended to you previously.

[ygravel001]

No idea. Probably a couple hundred. Check your local stores or Amazon.

Well I'll be returning that drive to the ebay seller. On Amazon, don't have a lot of results and 90% of them look like cheap Chinese crap:
https://tinyurl.com/msv32sf

That being said, these 2 might be good, what do you think?
https://tinyurl.com/msadnhn3
https://tinyurl.com/3ppnswxm

Yeah, either of those 2 would be ok. The first one is the BW-16D1X-U that I recommended to you previously.

Got my BW-16D1X-U today. It was expensive, but that rip speed feels so good.

Cheers