Error friendly drive

[Swaps]

I've been using an LG WH14NS40 for years. Periodically there will be a disc that it just cannot read. I'm just curious if there are other drives that are more tolerant of errors, or maybe this is just the nature of uhd discs.

Thanks

[zittrig]

Try cleaning the laser lenses.

But the WH14NS40 is the one model with the lowest quality and I can imagine that it has problems with some of the 3-layer discs.

Which firmware you've flashed?

[dcoke22]

It has been my experience that the same disc in a different drive will often, though not always, produce different results. I've got four different optical drives sitting on my desk. No one drive is perfect, but with more than one drive, the odds of a successful rip go up.

I've had the best luck with Pioneer drives, although you have to get one with old firmware. The current firmware does not allow MakeMKV to rip UHDs with Pioneer drives and the current firmware prevents downgrading to an earlier firmware. The sellers here on this forum can still get their hands on new drives with old firmware and are probably your best bet for a Pioneer.

As zittrig suggests, cleaning the optics in the drive might help. Unfortunately, for something like a WH14NS40 it is a complicated thing since you have to disassemble the drive. It is easier on some slim models where the optics are exposed when you eject the drive.