Pioneer new Stock and prices are good!!!
Archgon MD-8107S-UHD 4K-Ultra HD External Drive, LG-BU40N 1-03MK or 1-00DE
Archgon MD-8107S-UHD 4K-Ultra HD External Enclosure fitted with a Hitachi LG-BU40N. Firmware 1-03MK or 1-00DE available. Black and Silver available. Now £123.99 minus 5% = £117.79 plus postage for all MakeMKV forum members.
Please note I do not supply this drive to the USA as per working agreement with Billycar11. Please contact Billycar11 as he has the same models as myself.
eBay link below
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265683182938
Pioneer BDR-XS07TUHD 4K Ultra HD slim slot portable USB 3.1 Burner
Pioneer BDR-XS07TUHT Slim 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray Writer now £149.99 minus 5% = £142.49 plus postage for all MakeMKV forum members.
eBay link below
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265630912065
Pioneer BDR-S12UHT available with Vantec NST-540S3-BK. Vantec's newest Model with new
Vantec DX NST-540S3-BK USB 3.0 5.25" External Enclosure. Fitted with Pioneer 5.25" BDR-S12UHT now £176.99 minus 5% = £168.14 plus postage for all MakeMKV forum members.
The new Vantec DX2 model now uses a new updated communications interface PCB. The newly design PCB incorporates the JMS578 USB 3.1 Gen1 to SATA 6Gb/s bridge controller. It provides a low power and high-performance solution for optical disc drives. The JMS578 supports higher data transmission rate and lower power consumption than its predecessors. The Pioneer BDR-S12UHT fitted to a DX2 enclosure is brilliant combination with it's sleek and stylish design. Performance is of a very high standard and the quality of the Pioneer drive combined with the the newly designed DX2 is a clear winner.
When you now insert a disc in the Pioneer drive it reads the 4k disc within 2 to 3 seconds, none of these loud seeking noises for 10 to 15 seconds that you get with the Hitachi or ASUS desktop drives it just reads the disc immediately. I can walk away and know when I come back that the disc will be completed successfully and there will be no read errors. The same goes for the Hitachi BU40N which is also an amazing wee drive.
eBay link below
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265668732882
Pioneer BDR-S12UHT Main Features
• Blu-ray writer with 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray playback
• Up to 16x2 writing on BD-R single-layer discs, 14x on BD-R DL discs, and 8x writing on BD-R triple-layer discs.
• To reduce deterioration of reading performance of disc due to dust and cigarette smoke with high dustproof performance and improved drive software. With this, S12UHT has a prolonged life about twice of conventional models.
• Can be installed horizontally or vertically to save valuable desk space.
• Includes Bonus Software PowerDVD™ 14, Power2Go8®, PowerDirector15 LE, Instant Burn5, Label Print2.5, PhotoDirector8 LE, ColorDirector5 LE & AudioDirector7 LE.
• Stores up to 128GB on a BDXL Disc / 8.5GB on a Double Layer DVD / 4.7GB on a standard DVD
• Fully compliant with MDISC archiving technology
Pioneer BDR-S12UHT with Vantec NST-536S3-BK
Vantec DX NST-536S3-BK USB 3.0 5.25" External Enclosure. Fitted with Pioneer 5.25" BDR-S12UHT now £169.99 minus 5% = £161.49 plus postage for all MakeMKV forum members.
eBay link below
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265623019904
Pioneer BDR-S12UHT Main Features
• Blu-ray writer with 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray playback
• Up to 16x2 writing on BD-R single-layer discs, 14x on BD-R DL discs, and 8x writing on BD-R triple-layer discs.
• To reduce deterioration of reading performance of disc due to dust and cigarette smoke with high dustproof performance and improved drive software. With this, S12UHT has a prolonged life about twice of conventional models.
• Can be installed horizontally or vertically to save valuable desk space.
• Includes Bonus Software PowerDVD™ 14, Power2Go8®, PowerDirector15 LE, Instant Burn5, Label Print2.5, PhotoDirector8 LE, ColorDirector5 LE & AudioDirector7 LE.
• Stores up to 128GB on a BDXL Disc / 8.5GB on a Double Layer DVD / 4.7GB on a standard DVD
• Fully compliant with MDISC archiving technology
Pioneer 5.25" BDR-S12UHT Retail Boxed Drive Only with bonus software price is £127.99 minus 5% = £121.59 plus postage for all MakeMKV forum members.
eBay link below
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265630692908
Verbatim Ultra HD 4K External Slimline Blu-Ray Drive (LibreDrive Compatible), Model Number 43888. Pioneer BDR-UD04 fitted to enclosure. This offer is with 1st Class post.
The price is £109.99 minus 5% = £104.49 plus postage for all MakeMKV forum members
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264990662673
New Vantec 5.25" Enclosure will soon be in Stock
"Special Offers"
BP55 Super Slim drive with Enclosure. BP55EB40 to BP60NB10 with Hitachi Enclosure, £99.99 minus 5% = £94.99 plus postage for all MakeMKV forum members
LG-BP55EB40 with LG-BP60NB10 v1.00mk Supports MakeMKV, 4K, Ultra HD, UHD Friendly! Special Offer! (Super Slim Drive - MakeMKV Compatible) £99.99 minus 10% = £94.99 plus postage for all MakeMKV forum members
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265132389175
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Slim Portable Blu-ray Writer
BP55
Key Features
● Blu-ray Disc Support
● BDXL Support
● TV Connectivity
● M-DISC™ Support
● Silent Play
● Win 7, 8, 10 Compatible
● Apple OS & Linux
● Slimmer to Slimmest
BU40N Slim drive with Vantec Enclosure, Model Number NST-510S3-BK Enclosures. This offer is with 1st Class post.
The price is £109.99 minus 5% = £104.49 plus postage for all MakeMKV forum members
LG-BU40N Firmware v1.03mk, Supports MakeMKV and Leawo UHD Ripper in Slim Vantec Enclosure & USB C Powered Hub. £120.98 minus 5% = £114.93 plus postage for all MakeMKV forum members
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265274121470
LG-BU40N Firmware v1.00DE, Supports MakeMKV, DVDfab & Leawo in Slim Vantec Enclosure, 4K, Ultra HD, UHD Friendly. £109.99 minus 5% = £104.49 plus postage for all MakeMKV forum members
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264839363190
LG-BU40N Firmware v1.03mk, in Slim Vantec Enclosure. £109.99 minus 5% = £104.49 plus postage for all MakeMKV forum members
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264849119450
Internal 5.25" Desktop drives Hitachi BH16NS55/BH16NS40 now £72.99 & ASUS BW-16D1HT supplied with SATA Cable and Screws now £79.99 plus postage for all MakeMKV forum members
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264839728319
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Internal 5.25" Desktop drive Pioneer 5.25" BDR-S12UHT Retail Boxed with bonus software price is £127.99 minus 5% = £121.59 plus postage for all MakeMKV forum members.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264839728319
Vantec DX NST-536S3-BK USB 3.0 5.25" External Enclosure. Fitted with 5.25" Desktop drives BH16NS55/BH16NS40/BW-16D1HT now £133.99 minus 5% = £127.29 plus postage for all MakeMKV forum members.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264941922390
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OWC Mercury Pro, Model Number OWCMR3UKITG USB 3.1. Fitted with 5.25" Desktop drives BH16NS55/BH16NS40/BW-16D1HT now £149.99 minus 5% = £142.49 plus postage for all MakeMKV forum members
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265102060635
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264838555611
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264880756289
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All MakeMKV forum members can receive 5% discount by dealing direct with me and paying through Paypal Direct. Return MakeMKV customers qualify for 7% discount.
This offer is only for MakeMKV customers. I do not offer this discount on eBay. If you are interested in this offer please discuss on MakeMKV via Private message or at my email address below.
If you have customs queries please contact me at my email address which is as follows:
uhdfriendlydrives@gmail.com
"Payment Methods"
If you deal direct with me, I accept payment via PayPal Friends and Family Method. Payment is made by sending money to my PayPal email address which is as follows: uhdfriendlydrives@gmail.com
I also can send payment links to enable you to pay by card. There is a 2.5% handling charge from the merchant Zettle for this service.
If you order via eBay then payment is via your eBay account.
My eBay Username is "asmcom"
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Products I sell on eBay
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I am located in the United Kingdom and offer a worldwide service. I can deal with international shipping no problem.
I also sell products on eBay which is a third party website and is not affiliated with MakeMKV. Please note: eBay customers do not qualify for any discount. Discount is only offered to MakeMKV forum members and should only be discussed on MakeMKV via Private message or at my email, which is
uhdfriendlydrives@gmail.com
Manners First, I would like to thank Mike Chen for letting me use his web page to advertise my services. The Products and services that I offer on this web page is not affiliated with MakeMKV. I would encourage anyone who uses MakeMKV to buy a licence and support the development of the MakeMKV application that we all love and use. This software is nothing short of amazing. If you are happy with the product and you can afford please donate to the development of the software. A very special thanks to Mike Chen, for allowing me to advertise my services on this forum.
Vantec NexStar USB 3.0 to SATA 6Gbps Optical/Storage Adapter
Microsoft Windows 7/ 8.1/ 10
Mac OS X 10.6 and above
Linux OS
The NexStar USB 3.0 to SATA 6Gbps Optical/Storage Adapter is a simple solution to connect any existing SATA 5.25” Optical drive to your USB port. Optical Drives like Blu-Ray, DVDRW, DVD ROM, CDRW and CD ROM are perfect companion with this adapter. It is as simple as connecting up the unit to the adapter, power it ON and you have access to your Optical drive. You can even use this adapter for any 2.5”/3.5” SATA SSD/HDD and it will run at screaming speed with UASP support. This Optical/Storage adapter is perfect for any bare SATA storage drives that you like to get it connected.
This is a perfect tool for quick Plug and Play, hot-swapped between drives without opening your case, “NDN” (No Drivers Needed), and it works with common OS like Windows/OS X/Linux. This compact and lightweight design makes for easy storage and portability.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264922010755
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My Services
Worldwide-30 Day Money Back Guarantee!!! The Guarantee covers the drive purchased from me and the firmware I supplied with the drive. The drive will be clearly labelled with firmware supplied and with unique eight-digit checksum. If the firmware is changed or modified from which I supply then warranty is void. I am happy to flash firmware remotely free of charge for my existing customers.
I pride myself on the quality of service and care, that I offer my customers. When you buy a drive from me. I offer a quality backup, service to my customers that is second to none.
Please read testimonials from my customers from link below?
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I would like to thank all my customers for their valued transactions.
"What My Customers Say About Me and My Service"
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"What is LibreDrive?"
https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic ... 19&t=18856
The new safe method of Changing Firmware "Using Asus Modified Flasher"
Thanks to mike we now have an alternative method to flashing firmware read more about it here: https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic ... 16&t=18873
In some circumstances when Cross-Flashing and doing be-spoke firmware changes I would use command line raw flashing.
I would like to compliment my fellow seller Martymcnuts who developed the SDF Flasher which is an excellent tool and makes life easy for forum members.
Also Billycar11 has provided excellent technical guides and videos to help and assist forum members. So well done to my fellow sellers for their technological knowledge and their support to MakeMKV.
MakeMKV now supports official UHD drives such as LG WH16NS60, LG BU40N and others, which is currently being built on. Hopefully Mike will be adding on some new drives shortly
"Firmware Flashing"
Firmware Flashing advice free. I will do my best to point customers in the right direction as this is generally an easy task and one I do not like charging for.
Any questions or queries on firmware flashing please email me on
uhdfriendlydrives@gmail.com
I do this as a hobby and have priced the drives as keen as possible.
All drives are brand new and tested for 4K compatibility after the firmware has been changed. This drive has been removed from original packaging and connected to my PC to change the firmware to custom firmware which makes your drive able to read UHD discs.
Drives are tested by inserting a 4K disc, and back in the original packaging. Other than that, it is absolutely brand new. I cannot guarantee you will be able to plug this in and play a 4K disc on your PC. It will, however, READ them. Therefore, with additional software (NOT included in this auction), this drive can provide you options to rip, burn, copy, etc, giving the potential to change a 4K disc to a playable file format.
Also, for 4K playback the PC needs to have a motherboard, monitor and hardware that supports 4K playback as the drive is one part of the jigsaw.
All drives are carefully packed to ensure safe arrival. In the unlikely event you should receive a damaged or defective drive, a replacement drive will be sent in its place. If the drive is defective it must be returned within 30 days.
At the moment there are two types of BD drives that can read UHD discs. The two types of BD drives are official UHD drives and so-called UHD-friendly drives. The official UHD drives do implement AACS2 protection, which means that in order just to read the data from the disc the software must present the AACS2 host certificate.
"Questions & Answers"
Q: What Firmware will you flash my drive with?
A: I will discuss each order or query individually with you and make you aware of what options is available to you.
"Payment Methods"
If you deal direct with me, I accept payment via PayPal Friends and Family Method. Payment is made by sending money to my PayPal email address which is as follows: uhdfriendlydrives@gmail.com
I also can send payment links to enable you to pay by card. There is a 2.5% handling charge from the merchant Zettle for this service.
If you order via eBay then payment is via your eBay account.
My eBay Username is "asmcom"
Please see my feedback on eBay https://feedback.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAP ... 2531.l4585
I can be contacted by Private message or by email at uhdfriendlydrives@gmail.com
Looking forward to helping and supporting the MakeMKV community
Drive Speed Comparison By Asmcom
(Look at incredible Speeds with Libre-Drive 6.0)
Hello Everyone,
I have been asked on numerous occasions by potential and current customers similar questions that keep coming up.
What is the best UHD Friendly drive? Or what is the quickest drive?
I would recommend using MakeMKV for software and hardware as follows. For full size desktop 5.25” drives, I would definitely recommend a Hitachi LG-BH16NS55 as my 1st preference and the BH16NS40 as my 2nd preference with both drive models being Cross-Flashed to WH16NS60 on Firmware v1.02mk. If you use both MakeMKV and DVDfab then I would recommend to flash the drive to firmware 1.00DE.
The ASUS BW-16D1HT is a very good drive on firmware 3.10mk or v3.00, v3.01 for old school and more compatibility with programs like AnyDVDHD, DeUHD, DVDfab and MakeMKV.
The drives that are flashed to Official firmware are 20 - 25% faster than the standard UHD Friendly drives. An extra advantage is that the drives have no sleep bug. You can read up what the sleep bug is on the MakeMKV website. For compatibility some customers will buy an ASUS drive and a LG Drive. There will always be 4K discs that the ASUS will backup and the LG will not and vice versa.
All UHD Friendly drives have the sleep bug, this is when a UHD disk is left idle in the drive for 2 minutes. Once the drive goes to sleep, the UHD Friendly drive will no longer be able to read the disk without opening and closing the disk tray and will make horrible squeaking noises until this is done.
The LG-BU40N and the BP55EB40 is another very popular drive and is very neat when coupled with the Vantec Slim Enclosure. Firmware 1.03mk is very popular with MakeMKV and if you use DVDfab then v1.00DE
So, with isolation and time on my hands I thought it would be a good idea to post a topic on drive speed comparisons. I have carried out these comparisons all on a computer with the following specification:
Dell T7920 with Dual Intel Xeon 8168 2.70GHz Processors
256GB DDR4 RAM
P6000 24GB Graphics Card
Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit
Samsung 970 EVO Plus
All drives tested below, are connected by internal Sata connection.
Over the next few months I will add on to this and post new comparisons. Please feel free to contact me and request a particular drive selection that you would like me to run a comparison between. The first drive comparison I have carried out is a Hitachi LG-WH16NS40 firmware 1.02DE vs Hitachi LG-WH16NS60 firmware 1.00DE
Please see below the new Eurpoean BH16NS40 SVC Code NS51 Cross-Flashed to WH16NS60 1.02mk LibreDrive. I have ran this test 3 times with 3 different discs of the same movie title. The results are amazing to say the least. What Mike Chen has achieved is very impressive and this is stupendous leap for MakeMKV
The new Libre-Drive 6.0 using the BH-16NS40 SVC NS51 Cross-Flashed to WH16NS60 1.02mk is 29% faster than the older previous version of Libre-drive which I will call Libre-Drive 5.0. Absolutely amazing, well done Mike Chen!!
Hitachi LG-WH16NS40 firmware 1.02DE vs Hitachi LG-WH16NS60 firmware 1.00DE
ASUS BW-16D1HT firmware 3.10MK vs ASUS BC-12D2HT firmware 3.11MK
ASUS BW-16D1HT firmware 3.10MK vs Hitachi LG-BHNS55 firmware 1.04MK
ASUS BC-12D2HT v3.11mk Cross-Flashed to ASUS BW-16D1HT firmware 3.10MK vs Original ASUS BW-16D1HT firmware 3.10mk
A disadvantage of the Cross-Flashed BC-12D2HT is that you cannot burn BD discs. However if you are new to ripping movies and you are not worried about being able to burn BD discs, then this is an alternative solution. The ASUS BC-12D2HT is alot cheaper than the original BW-16D1HT. I have had no problems reading discs with this firmware variant.
Conclusion: As a second drive or a cheaper option. The BC-12D2HT Cross-Flashed to a BW-16D1HT might appeal to some.
Requested by Aloha: Hitachi LG-BH16NS40 Cross-Flashed to LG-WH16NS60 1.02mk VS Original LG-WH16NS60 1.02mk Optical Drive.
For avoidance of doubt and clarification. The test below was done with brand new discs, out of the box, as I purchased 5 of each movie title for testing purposes. Each disc was cleaned before testing as new discs sometimes have a layer of film on them. I repeated the test with a second new disc, however the results were the same.
Pictures below of original LG-WH16NS60 on Firmware 1.02mk
Pictures below of BH-WH16NS40 NS51 Cross Flashed on Firmware to WH-16NS60 1.02mk
The Comparison: Hitachi LG-BH16NS40 Cross-Flashed to LG-WH16NS60 1.02mk VS Original LG-WH16NS60 1.02mk Optical Drive.
Different Disc Same Story?
Conclusion:
You would be better saving your money. I will add second test for this drive shortly as I am amazed myself!! Since this I have tested the BH16NS55 Cross-Flashed to WH16NS60 on Firmware 1-02mk and it actually performs better and is more reliable at reading discs.
The drive is more expensive to buy but the performance is better with difficult discs.
. Thanks Harry