Ultimate UHD Drives Flashing Guide Updated 2025

[MartyMcNuts]

Hi guys, I'm completely new here but I need some advice. I played with the idea of getting a drive to rip my blu rays for quite some time now but frankly I just feared venturing into yet another AV-related rabbit hole but since more and more drive manufacturers seem to fold, I figured I get one as long as I still can.
What drives can I still get to rip UHD BRs?

See the first post of this thread. Pioneers are now extremely difficult to get as they ceased manufacturing back in March/April.

[Billycar11]

See the first post of this thread. Pioneers are now extremely difficult to get as they ceased manufacturing back in March/April.

i believe they actually stopped back in October of 2024 thats the last ones i ever saw in the usa consumer market on s13ubk/s13ux
then tin foil hat time they started making drives thats say "feb 2023" with old fw for the Chinese market and now they are selling us those for $700 per drive