(Asmcom:) Pioneer UHD 4K Drives, MakeMKV Discounted Software £39.99, Worldwide Service, Excellent Service!!!

[Subsonic]

Everyone is reviewing their drives, so I'll do something original and review the included accessories !

ACCESSORIES REVIEW

1) Complementary USB C to C cable



Cable is very sturdy, appears to have very good build quality.
Bends as it should, enough but not too much.
Holds the connection tight even when moved around, seems excellent for data transfer.
One of the better cables I've seen on my rudimentary testing.

It's surprisingly good considering my very bad first impressions, as there are two obvious issues when looking at the packaging.
The smaller one is the complete lack of a brand name. No clue who made that cable.

The larger problem, that some keen eyed readers may have noticed on the picture, is that all the "compliance" logos are counterfeit.

They are meant to ressemble actual compliance certifications to trick you, but are ever so slightly different as to be legally distinct.

I get that getting those certifications are expensive and stuff, but faking it is some next level shady.
Still, considering the cable seems to be not just functional but actually good, I don't mind that too much. And at worst, a faulty cable would just mess up the data transfer, it won't blow up your drive.
The power supply does not have this luxury.

2) Power Supply

First impressions are significantly better here.


We get actual brand names here, two in fact : the manufacturer and the european importer. That European importer, from a google search, specializes in helping foreign companies get their CE certification, and so here we have an actual CE logo for an actual CE certification.
That RoHS logo is still bullshit but that's a good start.

The good news sadly end here, because this power supply has the opposite problem to the cable : instead of good product/worrying packaging, we get good packaging/worrying product.



It's light. Really light.
We get a really cheap plastic housing, a cheap led with a hole pierced in it (???) and be careful not to get too close to the little holes on the underside, or you'll get to experience that very disctinc petroleum smell of cheap plastics.

The power supply is assmbled with one simple screw, removing it reveals the internals.



I don't see anything that would look like overcurrent/overvoltage/overtermperature protection, besides fuses.
I don't know what the company advertises either because I couldn't find anything about it online.
Many companies with similar names, but nothing on this one.

I am not trusting my Pioneer drive with this.

3) Haribos



They were a bit dry and probably have been sitting somewhere for a while, but they were tasty as ever and the flavors were delicious, very fruity and the right amount of acidic.
It was very yummy c:


Edit : As a precision, although this may seem pretty negative, frankly i'm not bothered by it. I don't even recall the listing advertising any of those accessories. So I see all this stuff as just free bonus on top of the stuff i actually paid for.

Stop posting large pictures of sweets and accessories. Please use a third party for artwork. You are crashing the forum with these images, which is unnecessary.

See Error codes:

We are currently unable to access the Asmcom Seller Page, and the following error is being displayed:

General Error
SQL ERROR [ mysqli ]

Disk full (/tmp/#sql-temptable-1b0923-9a90006-b7e64.MAI); waiting for someone to free some space... (errno: 28 "No space left on device") [1021]

An SQL error occurred while fetching this page. Please contact the Board Administrator if this problem persists.

Could you please delete the offending post and associated image files to free up storage and restore access?

Many thanks.

Asmcom

I do not know how to delete a post but I edited it to remove all content including the links to the pictures.

If i understand correctly how this website works, which i may not, your quote still loads the pictures even if my post doesn't anymore.

However, being in charge of the hosting of these pictures, i will revoke access to them to ensure they won't appear anymore.

Let me know if this does not solve the issue.

[asmcom]

Everyone is reviewing their drives, so I'll do something original and review the included accessories !

ACCESSORIES REVIEW

1) Complementary USB C to C cable



Cable is very sturdy, appears to have very good build quality.
Bends as it should, enough but not too much.
Holds the connection tight even when moved around, seems excellent for data transfer.
One of the better cables I've seen on my rudimentary testing.

It's surprisingly good considering my very bad first impressions, as there are two obvious issues when looking at the packaging.
The smaller one is the complete lack of a brand name. No clue who made that cable.

The larger problem, that some keen eyed readers may have noticed on the picture, is that all the "compliance" logos are counterfeit.

They are meant to ressemble actual compliance certifications to trick you, but are ever so slightly different as to be legally distinct.

I get that getting those certifications are expensive and stuff, but faking it is some next level shady.
Still, considering the cable seems to be not just functional but actually good, I don't mind that too much. And at worst, a faulty cable would just mess up the data transfer, it won't blow up your drive.
The power supply does not have this luxury.

2) Power Supply

First impressions are significantly better here.


We get actual brand names here, two in fact : the manufacturer and the european importer. That European importer, from a google search, specializes in helping foreign companies get their CE certification, and so here we have an actual CE logo for an actual CE certification.
That RoHS logo is still bullshit but that's a good start.

The good news sadly end here, because this power supply has the opposite problem to the cable : instead of good product/worrying packaging, we get good packaging/worrying product.



It's light. Really light.
We get a really cheap plastic housing, a cheap led with a hole pierced in it (???) and be careful not to get too close to the little holes on the underside, or you'll get to experience that very disctinc petroleum smell of cheap plastics.

The power supply is assmbled with one simple screw, removing it reveals the internals.



I don't see anything that would look like overcurrent/overvoltage/overtermperature protection, besides fuses.
I don't know what the company advertises either because I couldn't find anything about it online.
Many companies with similar names, but nothing on this one.

I am not trusting my Pioneer drive with this.

3) Haribos



They were a bit dry and probably have been sitting somewhere for a while, but they were tasty as ever and the flavors were delicious, very fruity and the right amount of acidic.
It was very yummy c:


Edit : As a precision, although this may seem pretty negative, frankly i'm not bothered by it. I don't even recall the listing advertising any of those accessories. So I see all this stuff as just free bonus on top of the stuff i actually paid for.

Stop posting large pictures of sweets and accessories. Please use a third party for artwork. You are crashing the forum with these images, which is unnecessary.

See Error codes:

We are currently unable to access the Asmcom Seller Page, and the following error is being displayed:

General Error
SQL ERROR [ mysqli ]

Disk full (/tmp/#sql-temptable-1b0923-9a90006-b7e64.MAI); waiting for someone to free some space... (errno: 28 "No space left on device") [1021]

An SQL error occurred while fetching this page. Please contact the Board Administrator if this problem persists.

Could you please delete the offending post and associated image files to free up storage and restore access?

Many thanks.

Asmcom

I do not know how to delete a post but I edited it to remove all content including the links to the pictures.

If i understand correctly how this website works, which i may not, your quote still loads the pictures even if my post doesn't anymore.

However, being in charge of the hosting of these pictures, i will revoke access to them to ensure they won't appear anymore.

Let me know if this does not solve the issue.

Hello Supersonic,

Thank you for freeing up the space so our forum seller page can run. If you are posting images again, you should use an external image hosting website such as https://imgbox.com/ or https://imgur.com/ . This will save webspace on the MakeMKV forum. Thanks for your prompt response.

Kind Regards

Amscom

[DennisOlof]

@asmcom thanks, but I don't think I will be getting another XD08 anytime soon.

For now I am happy that I got hold of a genuine drive even though it set me back a lot of money, my main worry was the big problems with fake drives. Who knows the LG drives might become better over time, who knows. But this issue is probably more relevant for people who want UHD capable drives.

With any luck my XD08 should last me 10+ years because I don't think I will burn more than probably about 50-100 discs in total. It is mostly for archiving and backups of important data. And I will most definetley get a Verbatim 43888 drive (pioneer or LG) to use as a regular drive for reading back data and perhaps making that UHD capable. I don't want to mess with the XD08 drive.

Your service was smooth even though it was chaos the last time you had drives for sale

[asmcom]

@asmcom thanks, but I don't think I will be getting another XD08 anytime soon.

For now I am happy that I got hold of a genuine drive even though it set me back a lot of money, my main worry was the big problems with fake drives. Who knows the LG drives might become better over time, who knows. But this issue is probably more relevant for people who want UHD capable drives.

With any luck my XD08 should last me 10+ years because I don't think I will burn more than probably about 50-100 discs in total. It is mostly for archiving and backups of important data. And I will most definetley get a Verbatim 43888 drive (pioneer or LG) to use as a regular drive for reading back data and perhaps making that UHD capable. I don't want to mess with the XD08 drive.

Your service was smooth even though it was chaos the last time you had drives for sale

Denis, I might have two more XD08S coming in two weeks. Please email me quoting your MakeMKV user name, and we will see what we can do for you.