Asus Turbodrive BE 16D1X-U

[Peterduke]

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Drive Information
OS device name: D:
Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: BW-16D1X-U
Revision: E113
Serial number: ...
Firmware date: 2020-07-21
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 81
LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled Drive platform: Pioneer RS8F00
Firmware version: ID76
No disc inserted

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So far so good it said flash successful, it can open spectre 4k

Question? Will it impact the bluray writing capabilities at all? Can I still write BDXL & Mdiscs?

Thank you

[Coopervid]

Drive Information
OS device name: D:
Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: BW-16D1X-U
Revision: E113
Serial number: ...
Firmware date: 2020-07-21
Bus encryption flags: 1B
Highest AACS version: 81
LibreDrive Information
Status: Possible, not yet enabled Drive platform: Pioneer RS8F00
Firmware version: ID76
No disc inserted

PM sent.

So far so good it said flash successful, it can open spectre 4k

Question? Will it impact the bluray writing capabilities at all? Can I still write BDXL & Mdiscs?

Thank you

No it will not. It has now all capabilities you hadn't before.

[Peterduke]

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So far so good it said flash successful, it can open spectre 4k

Question? Will it impact the bluray writing capabilities at all? Can I still write BDXL & Mdiscs?

Thank you

No it will not. It has now all capabilities you hadn't before.

Thank you I am glad we could get this working
I’d rather use this drive that is basically silent
it’s ripping at 4x speed and not even a sound is it making

[Coopervid]

So far so good it said flash successful, it can open spectre 4k

Question? Will it impact the bluray writing capabilities at all? Can I still write BDXL & Mdiscs?

Thank you

No it will not. It has now all capabilities you hadn't before.

Thank you I am glad we could get this working
I’d rather use this drive that is basically silent
it’s ripping at 4x speed and not even a sound is it making

You are very welcome! You have now one of the best drives. The 13s look nicer but don't perform better and are much more expensive.

[Peterduke]

No it will not. It has now all capabilities you hadn't before.

Thank you I am glad we could get this working
I’d rather use this drive that is basically silent
it’s ripping at 4x speed and not even a sound is it making

You are very welcome! You have now one of the best drives. The 13s look nicer but don't perform better and are much more expensive.

Yes, I was also looking at the pioneer external ones and they are expensive and the only feature I could see that I gained was a feature to read scratched discs better

Thank you if you every need someone to recommend or vouch I can highly recommend you

[Coopervid]

Thank you I am glad we could get this working
I’d rather use this drive that is basically silent
it’s ripping at 4x speed and not even a sound is it making

You are very welcome! You have now one of the best drives. The 13s look nicer but don't perform better and are much more expensive.

Yes, I was also looking at the pioneer external ones and they are expensive and the only feature I could see that I gained was a feature to read scratched discs better

Thank you if you every need someone to recommend or vouch I can highly recommend you

We tested the 11 vs 12 vs 13 drives and couldn't see any advantages of the newer drives regarding ripping or burning. This market is steeply declining and Pioneer comes up with a lot of yaddayadda and raises prices. Don't believe what you read unless it's proven.

[Peterduke]

You are very welcome! You have now one of the best drives. The 13s look nicer but don't perform better and are much more expensive.

Yes, I was also looking at the pioneer external ones and they are expensive and the only feature I could see that I gained was a feature to read scratched discs better

Thank you if you every need someone to recommend or vouch I can highly recommend you

We tested the 11 vs 12 vs 13 drives and couldn't see any advantages of the newer drives regarding ripping or burning. This market is steeply declining and Pioneer comes up with a lot of yaddayadda and raises prices. Don't believe what you read unless it's proven.

I’m sticking with this Asus drive, the lg 4k drive I have takes 5 mins to load a 4k disk to even show it as visible and it’s slow and loud, the Asus I put a movie in and instantly it pops up in windows ready to read and it’s so silent. Mine is from 2020 and yeah to guess they don’t make them like they used to, I might pick up a second one used as a backup and sell in LG. The lg has had many coasters when writing blank media and it’s loud and obnoxious.

[dcoke22]

I’m sticking with this Asus drive, the lg 4k drive I have takes 5 mins to load a 4k disk to even show it as visible and it’s slow and loud, the Asus I put a movie in and instantly it pops up in windows ready to read and it’s so silent. Mine is from 2020 and yeah to guess they don’t make them like they used to, I might pick up a second one used as a backup and sell in LG. The lg has had many coasters when writing blank media and it’s loud and obnoxious.

Asus doesn't actually make their own drives. Your ASUS BW-16D1X-U from 2020 contains a Pioneer made drive inside it (according to your MakeMKV drive info posted earlier). Lots of current ASUS drives contain LG made drives.

You are certainly correct in your assessment that they don't make them like they used to.