Advice for new optical drive purchase

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Doug_B
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Re: Advice for new optical drive purchase

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zaqqaz6917 wrote:
Thu Nov 27, 2025 2:33 am
Best buy in USA has few in store stock of LG
Model: BP50NB40 SKU: 9243009
No longer available for shipping
On sale for $92
Good info, as I see a few around in the stores. Question: Does this generally work with makemkv out of the box for non-UHD blu-ray discs? Looking for a 2nd drive to use with makemkv and have no need for UHD support.

Thanks.

Doug
xwmkf
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Re: Advice for new optical drive purchase

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Doug_B wrote:
Sun Nov 30, 2025 6:20 pm
zaqqaz6917 wrote:
Thu Nov 27, 2025 2:33 am
Best buy in USA has few in store stock of LG
Model: BP50NB40 SKU: 9243009
No longer available for shipping
On sale for $92
Good info, as I see a few around in the stores. Question: Does this generally work with makemkv out of the box for non-UHD blu-ray discs? Looking for a 2nd drive to use with makemkv and have no need for UHD support.
I've since flashed mine from best buy to rip UHD discs, but the spare one I picked up from ebay and haven't flashed yet rips non-UHD discs just fine.
Doug_B
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Re: Advice for new optical drive purchase

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xwmkf wrote:
Sun Nov 30, 2025 9:14 pm
Doug_B wrote:
Sun Nov 30, 2025 6:20 pm
zaqqaz6917 wrote:
Thu Nov 27, 2025 2:33 am
Best buy in USA has few in store stock of LG
Model: BP50NB40 SKU: 9243009
No longer available for shipping
On sale for $92
Good info, as I see a few around in the stores. Question: Does this generally work with makemkv out of the box for non-UHD blu-ray discs? Looking for a 2nd drive to use with makemkv and have no need for UHD support.
I've since flashed mine from best buy to rip UHD discs, but the spare one I picked up from ebay and haven't flashed yet rips non-UHD discs just fine.
Thank you!

Doug
zaqqaz6917
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Re: Advice for new optical drive purchase

Post by zaqqaz6917 »

Doug_B wrote:
Sun Nov 30, 2025 9:40 pm
xwmkf wrote:
Sun Nov 30, 2025 9:14 pm
Doug_B wrote:
Sun Nov 30, 2025 6:20 pm


Good info, as I see a few around in the stores. Question: Does this generally work with makemkv out of the box for non-UHD blu-ray discs? Looking for a 2nd drive to use with makemkv and have no need for UHD support.
I've since flashed mine from best buy to rip UHD discs, but the spare one I picked up from ebay and haven't flashed yet rips non-UHD discs just fine.
Thank you!

Doug
Make sure to read the special instructions for this drive ie the double flash
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