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[asmcom]

Hi Asmcom

will the looms be available to purchase separately without having to purchase a drive as well

I purchased 2 drives from you earlier in the year so have no need for a third drive

Best Regards
Flan

Hi Flan,

Yes the looms will be available separately. Hope life is good with you.

Kind Regards

Asmcom

[asmcom]

Hi all, are you able to tell me on here how much you normally sell your drives for please? Just to give me a rough idea going forward.

Cheers

Prices will be advertised on our website. The Website will re-open on the 27th July 2026.

https://shop.uhdfriendlydrives.co.uk/

Kind Regards

Asmcom

[asmcom]

You are based in NI right? Do you allow collection?

Sorry collection is not available.

Kind Regards

Asmcom

[asmcom]

drives available?

https://shop.uhdfriendlydrives.co.uk/

[asmcom]

I'm new to this forum, so please bear with me if I'm asking obvious questions. But what is the difference between the two different firmwares? (BU40N 1-00DE and 1-00MK) How do I know what to get?

Also, on your first post it mentions a special offer for forum members. It says something about using "weblinks below." Where are these links, though? All I see is images, but they don't link to anywhere other than where the image is hosted. Again, sorry if the answer is obvious and I'm just missing something.

Thanks in advance for your help!

There is no such thing as BU40N 1.00-MK firmware. There is only BU40N 1.00. All of these firmware files are "DE" (downgrade enabled) but the original BU40N 1.00 firmware is UHD compatible and libredrive enabled as is, so there was no need to try and create a MK version of it.

Correct, Hi Marty, Hope things are good with you

Asmcom.

[Ghostrider66]

Hi Asmcom

will the looms be available to purchase separately without having to purchase a drive as well

I purchased 2 drives from you earlier in the year so have no need for a third drive

Best Regards
Flan

Hi Flan,

Yes the looms will be available separately. Hope life is good with you.

Kind Regards

Asmcom

Hi Asmcom

Yes life is good, Thanks.

Hope you are keeping well too

Best Regards
Flan

[SethMutchler]

Hello Asmcom and all,

Thank you to everybody here for your service to keeping this technology alive. I have read many pages of threads and think I understand, but would like to seek clarification prior to Monday's on-sale.

I am located in the US and would like to have the ability to rip UHD Blu-ray discs using MakeMKV for archiving.
I know that many drives capable of this are no longer in production and are becoming harder to get by the day, with no new production expected any time soon if ever.

Is it correct that my best bet for hardware is to purchase a drive on Monday when Asmcom's store opens?

Will there be multiple options to choose from? If so, can you please advise precisely the best option available, including the new loom, so that when the store opens I can act promptly?

Is it correct the store opens 9am BST (UTC+1) on Monday?

Is there a limit on number of drives in one order? Expecting shipping and tariffs to the US to be quite high, some friends and colleagues are hoping to combine our orders. We'd be ordering likely 3-5 drives total - still getting final tally.

Sorry for the many questions - really glad to have a chance to have this hardware and don't want to miss out because the store opens and I realize I am missing info!

[TheArchivist]

How are the looms sold out already?

[asmcom]

The website opens on the 27th July 2026; stock is zero until the opening date.

Asmcom

[asmcom]

drives available?

https://shop.uhdfriendlydrives.co.uk/closed

thanks, any idea when this is gonna reopen? they said april26

Opens on the 27th July 2026

https://shop.uhdfriendlydrives.co.uk/

[asmcom]

Hello everyone,

Please use this payment link,

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/asmcom66


First of all, I would like to thank everyone for your patience and support over the past few months. We know the delays have been frustrating, and we genuinely appreciate everyone who has stuck with us while we worked to get everything right.

I am pleased to confirm that we are now ready to reopen our website earlier than advertised; we will open tonight at 7.00 pm UK time. Saturday, 25th July 2026.

As many of you know, we made the decision to improve our new Asmcom USB Stable Power Looms by increasing the cable length from 100cm to 200cm and using a heavier gauge wire to ensure the best possible performance and power stability. Although this delayed the project, we believe it was the right decision.

The second prototype looms performed brilliantly during testing. We successfully tested 12 BD100 UHD discs using both the Hitachi BP55 cross-flashed to BP60NB10 1-00MK and the Hitachi BU40N running firmware 1-03MK, installed in the Vantec NST-510S3-BK enclosure.

Every disc was read successfully with no read errors whatsoever. Testing was carried out using both a Mac Mini M4 Pro and a Dell Precision M7740.

We are also pleased to confirm that mass production has now been completed, and we have received our full shipment of Asmcom USB Stable Power Looms.

Thanks for sticking with us on this. We have now received all of our looms, and over the last 10 days we have been busy preparing a selection of UK, EU and US parcels. Each parcel will contain a new Hitachi drive, power supply and an Asmcom USB Stable Power Loom, all fully tested and ready for dispatch.

We are excited to begin shipping orders again and look forward to helping both new and existing customers.

Thank you once again for your continued patience, support and encouragement throughout this project. We couldn't have done it without you.

Kind regards,

Asmcom

[SethMutchler]

Ack, was not prepared! Which one should I order BP55 or BU40N? I don't know the difference! Thank you!

EDIT: I am in US and only use MakeMKV so I think I wanted 1-03MK firmware? Only saw 2 of each model was available and needed 4 (for myself and coworkers - bundling to save shipping) so ordered 2 of each? Was that right?

EDIT 2: Asmcom helped me out today - recommended for my use the BP55 with the 1-03mk firmware and let me adjust my order. Really appreciated the help. I then had horrible trouble sending payment, ended up being totally a fault on my end (my PayPal was being really weird) but Asmcom was super patient and I finally got it sorted out.

[MarvinAndroid]

Are there any differences between the BU40 and the BP55 or is it just the enclosure and colour that are different?

Also is there any reason to pick the MK firmware version over the DE?

[asmcom]

Are there any differences between the BU40 and the BP55 or is it just the enclosure and colour that are different?

Also is there any reason to pick the MK firmware version over the DE?

Personally, I prefer BP55. It is slow, but it is very reliable and has a good success rate at backing up Blu-ray discs. The BU40N is also a good drive.


Asmcom

[asmcom]

Any order tonight from 8.15 pm UK time will be dealt with tomorrow morning. All orders have been processed today and are ready for dispatch tomorrow

Asmcom