Anyone Own and have experience with BDR-UD03X from Pioneer

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homebdr
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Anyone Own and have experience with BDR-UD03X from Pioneer

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Had an internal drive go bad on my computer. Looking to replace with something not lg or panasonic. Found this drive on Amazon BDR-UD03X https://www.amazon.com/Pioneer-Internal ... =UTF8&th=1 .

Would this be a good drive if the firmware was of the right version?
Coopervid
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Re: Anyone Own and have experience with BDR-UD03X from Pioneer

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Get this. With enclosure and contains a Pioneer UD03.

https://www.amazon.com/Verbatim-Externa ... 09PY6SC9Y/

This drive can't read UHDs, only BDs. However, it can be flashed to UD04 in Windows to do so. Let me know by PM if that is of interest.
homebdr
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Re: Anyone Own and have experience with BDR-UD03X from Pioneer

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Coopervid wrote:
Fri Oct 20, 2023 4:49 pm
Get this. With enclosure and contains a Pioneer UD03.

https://www.amazon.com/Verbatim-Externa ... 09PY6SC9Y/

This drive can't read UHDs, only BDs. However, it can be flashed to UD04 in Windows to do so. Let me know by PM if that is of interest.
Being a noob I can't PM for now. Will just post my response here in that case. I do think that drive you suggested is fine and would work as spare. However I need to replace the oem drive that came in the computer. I own a ROG G20AJ since 2015.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/ ... ws8_1.html

I go the box new back then and right off the bat the dvdrw that came in it was bad. Spoke to ASUS and they offered up a refurb to replace the whole computer when all that was bad was the dvd drive. Finally decided to by a replacement and this time I bought a bluray drive. For some reason it keeps disconnecting from the machine when I insert a disc and I have to tap on it to get it to come back. Really not something I wanna trust. I checked the wiring inside for power and sata and both check fine with a multimeter.

With that I do use several external drives already but want to keep the main machine whole. That is why I asked about the pioneer drive. I have had so many lg drives and panasonic and have found them to not really hold up well as I would have liked. Thanks for trying to help. :)
Coopervid
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Re: Anyone Own and have experience with BDR-UD03X from Pioneer

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Again. This forum sucks. The users are soooo slow.
Billycar11
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Re: Anyone Own and have experience with BDR-UD03X from Pioneer

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Coopervid wrote:
Fri Oct 20, 2023 9:18 pm
Again. This forum sucks. The users are soooo slow.
He's new so his posts need to approved for the first few.
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Coopervid
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Understood. But he can reply.
Coopervid
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Re: Anyone Own and have experience with BDR-UD03X from Pioneer

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homebdr wrote:
Fri Oct 20, 2023 6:29 pm
Coopervid wrote:
Fri Oct 20, 2023 4:49 pm
Get this. With enclosure and contains a Pioneer UD03.

https://www.amazon.com/Verbatim-Externa ... 09PY6SC9Y/

This drive can't read UHDs, only BDs. However, it can be flashed to UD04 in Windows to do so. Let me know by PM if that is of interest.
Being a noob I can't PM for now. Will just post my response here in that case. I do think that drive you suggested is fine and would work as spare. However I need to replace the oem drive that came in the computer. I own a ROG G20AJ since 2015.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/ ... ws8_1.html

I go the box new back then and right off the bat the dvdrw that came in it was bad. Spoke to ASUS and they offered up a refurb to replace the whole computer when all that was bad was the dvd drive. Finally decided to by a replacement and this time I bought a bluray drive. For some reason it keeps disconnecting from the machine when I insert a disc and I have to tap on it to get it to come back. Really not something I wanna trust. I checked the wiring inside for power and sata and both check fine with a multimeter.

With that I do use several external drives already but want to keep the main machine whole. That is why I asked about the pioneer drive. I have had so many lg drives and panasonic and have found them to not really hold up well as I would have liked. Thanks for trying to help. :)
Tell us what you want. You are confusing me. I suggested the most affordable solution.
dcoke22
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Re: Anyone Own and have experience with BDR-UD03X from Pioneer

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This appears to the manual to be the OP's computer. https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/Desk ... odel=G20AJ

Even though it is a desktop computer, it appears to use a slim form factor optical drive. If I understand the OP correctly, they want to replace their internal drive with one that works, preferably a Pioneer drive.

Generally speaking, the slim form factor drives are all the same size. The one Coopervid pointed out, while it does come in an external enclosure, has a slim form factor optical drive inside the enclosure. You could keep it in the enclosure to use it that way or remove it from the enclosure and install it in your PC. Verbatim does not make any optical drives; they buy them from a vendor and put them in an enclosure with their logo silkscreened onto it. In this case, Coopervid is saying the drive inside the Verbatim enclosure is a Pioneer UD03.

Furthermore, Coopervid says it can be flashed to think it is a Pioneer UD04 model and thus be able to rip 4K UHD discs.
homebdr
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Re: Anyone Own and have experience with BDR-UD03X from Pioneer

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dcoke22 wrote:
Fri Oct 20, 2023 11:36 pm
This appears to the manual to be the OP's computer. https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/Desk ... odel=G20AJ

Even though it is a desktop computer, it appears to use a slim form factor optical drive. If I understand the OP correctly, they want to replace their internal drive with one that works, preferably a Pioneer drive.

Generally speaking, the slim form factor drives are all the same size. The one Coopervid pointed out, while it does come in an external enclosure, has a slim form factor optical drive inside the enclosure. You could keep it in the enclosure to use it that way or remove it from the enclosure and install it in your PC. Verbatim does not make any optical drives; they buy them from a vendor and put them in an enclosure with their logo silkscreened onto it. In this case, Coopervid is saying the drive inside the Verbatim enclosure is a Pioneer UD03.

Furthermore, Coopervid says it can be flashed to think it is a Pioneer UD04 model and thus be able to rip 4K UHD discs.
That works for me. Thank you :)
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Re: Anyone Own and have experience with BDR-UD03X from Pioneer

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Drive Information
OS device name: E:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-UD03
Revision: 1.14
Serial number: BDDL487728WL
Firmware date: 2020-06-15
Bus encryption flags: 1B

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8511
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-US03
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.14
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Ye
I have a UD03 as well, would it be possible to get flashing information for UHD?
guymid
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Re: Anyone Own and have experience with BDR-UD03X from Pioneer

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Coopervid wrote:
Fri Oct 20, 2023 4:49 pm
Get this. With enclosure and contains a Pioneer UD03.

https://www.amazon.com/Verbatim-Externa ... 09PY6SC9Y/

This drive can't read UHDs, only BDs. However, it can be flashed to UD04 in Windows to do so. Let me know by PM if that is of interest.
I would appreciate knowing how to upgrade my UD03 to UD04 (cannot PM as new). Many thanks
Coopervid
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Re: Anyone Own and have experience with BDR-UD03X from Pioneer

Post by Coopervid »

guymid wrote:
Tue Sep 24, 2024 9:51 am
Coopervid wrote:
Fri Oct 20, 2023 4:49 pm
Get this. With enclosure and contains a Pioneer UD03.

https://www.amazon.com/Verbatim-Externa ... 09PY6SC9Y/

This drive can't read UHDs, only BDs. However, it can be flashed to UD04 in Windows to do so. Let me know by PM if that is of interest.
I would appreciate knowing how to upgrade my UD03 to UD04 (cannot PM as new). Many thanks
Post your Makemkv info. We'll see then.
guymid
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Re: Anyone Own and have experience with BDR-UD03X from Pioneer

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I would appreciate knowing how to upgrade my UD03 to UD04 (cannot PM as new). Many thanks
Post your Makemkv info. We'll see then.
Here it is, thank you

Drive Information
OS device name: F:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-UD03
Revision: 1.14
Serial number: [redacted]
Firmware date: 2020-06-15
Bus encryption flags: 1B

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8511
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-US03
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.14
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes
Coopervid
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Re: Anyone Own and have experience with BDR-UD03X from Pioneer

Post by Coopervid »

guymid wrote:
Tue Sep 24, 2024 2:12 pm
I would appreciate knowing how to upgrade my UD03 to UD04 (cannot PM as new). Many thanks
Post your Makemkv info. We'll see then.
Here it is, thank you

Drive Information
OS device name: F:
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-UD03
Revision: 1.14
Serial number: [redacted]
Firmware date: 2020-06-15
Bus encryption flags: 1B

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8511
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-US03
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.14
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes
PM is coming.
guymid
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Re: Anyone Own and have experience with BDR-UD03X from Pioneer

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PM is coming.
Thank you! :-)
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