Thank you for the update, didn't see about the hospital stay when I was going back through the thread so best wishes.
Anyone else here able to enlighten a technical noob on the differences in function between these three models? As previously stated my use-case is pretty standard, I run Windows 11 and want to be able to continue ripping UHDs and BDs using MakeMKV, and DVDs via Handbrake or equivalent. I had a previous Asmcom drive which is on its way out after several years of use. Many thanks in advance for any tips.