SDF update November 2025

[kaysee]

So I'm thinking about buying a UHD blu ray burner from ebay (shipping from china)

Firmware is pre 12/2022, and its a UHD model. Here's the info. Its a Pioneer BDR-S11JX drive.

The seller in China actually sent you the MakeMKV information about the drive?

[zittrig]

So I'm thinking about buying a UHD blu ray burner from ebay (shipping from china)

Firmware is pre 12/2022, and its a UHD model. Here's the info. Its a Pioneer BDR-S11JX drive.

The seller in China actually sent you the MakeMKV information about the drive?

I can imagine that some sellers are aware of their wrong playing competitors and this could be a way to to differentiate theirself.
And with the ebay buyer protection could it be a good and safe deal.

[nicholfd]

So I'm thinking about buying a UHD blu ray burner from ebay (shipping from china), but I want to be sure that it'll rip UHD disks. This whole thing is a little confusing and I just want to double check before I make the purchase. From what I can tell, this one should do the trick. Firmware is pre 12/2022, and its a UHD model. Here's the info. Its a Pioneer BDR-S11JX drive.

Drive Information
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-S11
Revision: 1.53
Serial number:
Firmware date: 2020-08-03
Bus encryption flags: 1B

LibreDrive Information
Status: Enabled
Drive platform: RS8800
Firmware name: PIONEER BDR-211
Firmware type: Original (unpatched)
Firmware version: 1.53/ID43
DVD all regions: Yes
BD raw data read: Yes
BD raw metadata read: Yes
Unrestricted read speed: Yes

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Be cautious of buying a drive from China, especially on eBay. Seller could have found that MakeMKV drive info text from many places online & just re-used or copied/pasted it.

Since Pioneer stopped making drives 1st of 2025, there are a lot of fake/re-labeled drives coming from China & available on eBay. Make sure you have "free" returns (they don't try to make you pay to return it to China) or have some type of buyer protection.

Thanks,
Frank