Billycar11 Selling Flashed Pioneer UHD Drives USA only, Remote Flashing,Tested & Makemkv Discount Code

[Dom_P]

I purchased a Pioneer BDR-S13UBK from Billy last year. I haven't even turned the thing on or even ripped a disk yet. I don't even have the memory to begin that project yet. However, I'm wondering what is the expected life span of these drives? I know there's no set number and hard to answer. But, say someone, as of now, has about 300 discs. If that person were to add, say another 300 discs over the years, can one drive (from Pioneer) reliably rip those?

Where I'm getting at is:
1. Should I get another drive (or more)? Because:
2. My understanding is we can only do this with 1) Older drives 2) Older firmware 3) Not possible with newer drives?

[dcoke22]

I purchased a Pioneer BDR-S13UBK from Billy last year. I haven't even turned the thing on or even ripped a disk yet. I don't even have the memory to begin that project yet. However, I'm wondering what is the expected life span of these drives? I know there's no set number and hard to answer. But, say someone, as of now, has about 300 discs. If that person were to add, say another 300 discs over the years, can one drive (from Pioneer) reliably rip those?

Where I'm getting at is:
1. Should I get another drive (or more)? Because:
2. My understanding is we can only do this with 1) Older drives 2) Older firmware 3) Not possible with newer drives?

Here's some additional things to add into your thinking. Pioneer recently got out of the business of making optical drives. Once Billycar11's (or any seller's) current stock Pioneer drives is sold, he'll be unlikely to get any more. Since Pioneer drives are considered the best, there's a limited window of time to get 'new' Pioneer drives.

Around 2020 or so, the quality control for LG based drives got a lot worse. LG is still making drives, but the new ones aren't as good as the older ones. In the future, LG will probably be the only source for new optical drives going forward.

I would expect a Pioneer BDR-S13UBK to be able to rip 600 discs. The boy scout in me is happier that I have more than one Pioneer drive.

[Dom_P]

I purchased a Pioneer BDR-S13UBK from Billy last year. I haven't even turned the thing on or even ripped a disk yet. I don't even have the memory to begin that project yet. However, I'm wondering what is the expected life span of these drives? I know there's no set number and hard to answer. But, say someone, as of now, has about 300 discs. If that person were to add, say another 300 discs over the years, can one drive (from Pioneer) reliably rip those?

Where I'm getting at is:
1. Should I get another drive (or more)? Because:
2. My understanding is we can only do this with 1) Older drives 2) Older firmware 3) Not possible with newer drives?

Here's some additional things to add into your thinking. Pioneer recently got out of the business of making optical drives. Once Billycar11's (or any seller's) current stock Pioneer drives is sold, he'll be unlikely to get any more. Since Pioneer drives are considered the best, there's a limited window of time to get 'new' Pioneer drives.

Around 2020 or so, the quality control for LG based drives got a lot worse. LG is still making drives, but the new ones aren't as good as the older ones. In the future, LG will probably be only source for new optical drives going forward.

I would expect a Pioneer BDR-S13UBK to be able to rip 600 discs. The boy scout in me is happier that I have more than one Pioneer drive.

Great, more money coming out from me.

[Lohghar]

Got my shipment from Billy just recently. Really straightforward and helpful. The drives were nicely packed, which I appreciate because we all know how packages are handled these days. Used the discount code for MakeMKV, and now I'm ready to archive. Thanks Billy!

I do wish I'd pulled the trigger on a S13UBK last year though, especially with what's going on with Pioneer now. That's what I get for procrastinating.

As a side note to anyone that ends up with an edge case like mine, the drive works great, but the OWC enclosure doesn't play nice with Fresco Logic FL1100 USB chipset. Works fine with the motherboard's ports though.