Pioneer BDR-212UBK - Great Drive for Every Disk! Too Bad It Isn't UHD Friendly!

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Billycar11
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Re: Pioneer BDR-212UBK - Great Drive for Every Disk! Too Bad It Isn't UHD Friendly!

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Cheeweechoochoo wrote:
Tue Aug 31, 2021 10:14 am
I was looking at [url=https://club.myce.com/t/pioneer-bdr-212 ... k/405781/9]this post/url] and I'm pretty sure that it is UHD friendly.

Looking at the product page https://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA ... BDR-212UBK it says that it is Ultra HD Ready.

It would seem the EBK version is not https://pioneer-blurayodd.eu/products/b ... /index.php

and the DBK version (the shitty one I only seem to be able to find in Australia) can't even do XL discs https://pioneer-blurayodd.eu/products/b ... /index.php
no it not UHD friendly

yeah UHD ready for official playback only with intel igpu and sgx
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Re: Pioneer BDR-212UBK - Great Drive for Every Disk! Too Bad It Isn't UHD Friendly!

Post by Cheeweechoochoo »

Billycar11 wrote:
Tue Aug 31, 2021 10:42 am
yeah UHD ready for official playback only with intel igpu and sgx
I guess then because I want to burn my own data only, I'll buy a Pioneer as they are good for that.

If for some reason my life changes and I need to rip UHDs I'll just buy another drive that isn't Pioneer.

I'm sure as hell not going to buy a new computer just to use Cyberlink's crappy software. I haven't used it since like 2002, so not sure if it is any better these days, but based on this Newegg review I think it is not. https://www.newegg.com/d/profile/review ... s3eTF0dz09
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Re: Pioneer BDR-212UBK - Great Drive for Every Disk! Too Bad It Isn't UHD Friendly!

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i want to buy this drive will i not support 4k uhd?
i have msi z490 motherbaord with intel sgx and i9 10900k cpu
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Re: Pioneer BDR-212UBK - Great Drive for Every Disk! Too Bad It Isn't UHD Friendly!

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hardcore_gamer29 wrote:
Wed Jan 12, 2022 2:46 pm
i want to buy this drive will i not support 4k uhd?
i have msi z490 motherbaord with intel sgx and i9 10900k cpu
At this very moment it won't but that may change soon
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Re: Pioneer BDR-212UBK - Great Drive for Every Disk! Too Bad It Isn't UHD Friendly!

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It's one of the best burners if you still burn discs. Keep it for that. Get a LG for reading.
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Coopervid wrote:
Wed Jan 12, 2022 11:13 pm
It's one of the best burners if you still burn discs. Keep it for that. Get a LG for reading.
This is what I was looking for myself. I was considering this drive for watching 4K Blu-Rays and a WH16NS60 or BU40N for ripping them. Though... I upgraded my CPU from a 10700K to a 11700K.... not knowing until just yesterday that 11th gen dropped SGX support....

Regardless, I am mostly going to use the drive to read CDs, DVDs, and Blu-Rays (Data and non-4K movies) and to burn CDs and DVDs. So would you say this would be the best drive in terms of quality if you just want to read and write disks, not rip UHD disks?
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Re: Pioneer BDR-212UBK - Great Drive for Every Disk! Too Bad It Isn't UHD Friendly!

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Cyber Akuma wrote:
Mon Jan 17, 2022 9:12 pm
Coopervid wrote:
Wed Jan 12, 2022 11:13 pm
It's one of the best burners if you still burn discs. Keep it for that. Get a LG for reading.
This is what I was looking for myself. I was considering this drive for watching 4K Blu-Rays and a WH16NS60 or BU40N for ripping them. Though... I upgraded my CPU from a 10700K to a 11700K.... not knowing until just yesterday that 11th gen dropped SGX support....

Regardless, I am mostly going to use the drive to read CDs, DVDs, and Blu-Rays (Data and non-4K movies) and to burn CDs and DVDs. So would you say this would be the best drive in terms of quality if you just want to read and write disks, not rip UHD disks?
You can still rip and unofficially play UHD you know that kinda the point of all this stuff here
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Re: Pioneer BDR-212UBK - Great Drive for Every Disk! Too Bad It Isn't UHD Friendly!

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Billycar11 wrote:
Mon Jan 17, 2022 11:51 pm
You can still rip and unofficially play UHD you know that kinda the point of all this stuff here
I thought the BDR-212UBK doesn't have any firmware that lets it rip UHD disks yet?
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Re: Pioneer BDR-212UBK - Great Drive for Every Disk! Too Bad It Isn't UHD Friendly!

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Cyber Akuma wrote:
Tue Jan 18, 2022 12:13 am
Billycar11 wrote:
Mon Jan 17, 2022 11:51 pm
You can still rip and unofficially play UHD you know that kinda the point of all this stuff here
I thought the BDR-212UBK doesn't have any firmware that lets it rip UHD disks yet?
Yeah I'm talking about the BU40N
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Re: Pioneer BDR-212UBK - Great Drive for Every Disk! Too Bad It Isn't UHD Friendly!

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Billycar11 wrote:
Tue Jan 18, 2022 12:47 am
Yeah I'm talking about the BU40N
I know the BU40N and WH16NS60 can, I meant in regards to the BDR-212UBK, since I want to get that drive for it's supposed quality in regards to everything except ripping UHDs.
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Re: Pioneer BDR-212UBK - Great Drive for Every Disk! Too Bad It Isn't UHD Friendly!

Post by kuro2K20 »

To burn, I use my two Pioneer Drives ! ^^

To dump/ripp UHD, I use my Asus and my LG drives ! ;)
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Re: Pioneer BDR-212UBK - Great Drive for Every Disk! Too Bad It Isn't UHD Friendly!

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Billycar11 wrote:
Wed Jan 12, 2022 10:09 pm
hardcore_gamer29 wrote:
Wed Jan 12, 2022 2:46 pm
i want to buy this drive will i not support 4k uhd?
i have msi z490 motherbaord with intel sgx and i9 10900k cpu
At this very moment it won't but that may change soon
Hello Billycar11, I purchased a BDR-211UBK drive, is there any chance this drive will be supported with libredrive? Any estimate if this will happen ?
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Re: Pioneer BDR-212UBK - Great Drive for Every Disk! Too Bad It Isn't UHD Friendly!

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infox wrote:
Sun Feb 06, 2022 2:58 pm


Hello Billycar11, I purchased a BDR-211UBK drive, is there any chance this drive will be supported with libredrive? Any estimate if this will happen ?
It may happen but we don't know when
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Re: Pioneer BDR-212UBK - Great Drive for Every Disk! Too Bad It Isn't UHD Friendly!

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mike admin wrote:
Fri Feb 11, 2022 11:33 am
Please try it now.
its defiantly working
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