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Hey, thanks a lot.dcoke22 wrote: Tue Nov 26, 2024 2:45 pm The Verbatim 43888 has a Pioneer UD04 inside it that works out of the box. It is generally available in Europe. It isn't the best drive, but it is probably better than the LG you mentioned.
Excellent.SilverSurfer wrote: Fri Dec 13, 2024 5:32 pmHey, thanks a lot.dcoke22 wrote: Tue Nov 26, 2024 2:45 pm The Verbatim 43888 has a Pioneer UD04 inside it that works out of the box. It is generally available in Europe. It isn't the best drive, but it is probably better than the LG you mentioned.
I bought the 43888 and it works perfectly.
Price wise it’s also acceptable.
Sorry for my late response.
Until now only in Australia. The BU40 is not bad but the Pioneer is better. Hope the Pioneers will last a bit longer in other regions.dcoke22 wrote: Fri Dec 13, 2024 8:23 pmExcellent.SilverSurfer wrote: Fri Dec 13, 2024 5:32 pmHey, thanks a lot.dcoke22 wrote: Tue Nov 26, 2024 2:45 pm The Verbatim 43888 has a Pioneer UD04 inside it that works out of the box. It is generally available in Europe. It isn't the best drive, but it is probably better than the LG you mentioned.
I bought the 43888 and it works perfectly.
Price wise it’s also acceptable.
Sorry for my late response.
For future reference, very recently there have been a couple reports that the Verbatim 43888 might come with an LG drive inside it instead of the Pioneer. Verbatim 43888 with LG drive? The LG drive in there can still be flashed to be LibreDrive compatible.
We always cop the raw end of things,Coopervid wrote: Fri Dec 13, 2024 8:28 pmUntil now only in Australia. The BU40 is not bad but the Pioneer is better. Hope the Pioneers will last a bit longer in other regions.dcoke22 wrote: Fri Dec 13, 2024 8:23 pmExcellent.SilverSurfer wrote: Fri Dec 13, 2024 5:32 pm
Hey, thanks a lot.
I bought the 43888 and it works perfectly.
Price wise it’s also acceptable.
Sorry for my late response.
For future reference, very recently there have been a couple reports that the Verbatim 43888 might come with an LG drive inside it instead of the Pioneer. Verbatim 43888 with LG drive? The LG drive in there can still be flashed to be LibreDrive compatible.
it can play it if your pc meets the requirements intel 7th-10th gen sgx enabled and useing the igpu with hdcp 2.2 displayChameleonScales wrote: Fri Jul 18, 2025 11:34 pm Hi,
Please pardon my confusion. Am I to understand that a BDR-XS07UHD with firmware v1.03 is unable to play a UHD disc (let alone rip it) and therefore that the text "Playback compatible for Windows *1" is a lie?
The asterisk points to a text that recommends using Cyberlink PowerDVD to play Ultra HD Blu-ray but I tried and it doesn't work. I don't necessarily need to rip my UHD Blu-ray (even though it would be better), I'd just like to know if there's any way whatsoever that I can play it or if I have to return the drive.
I agree it was very dumb to lock playback to one chip OEM but we did get around it if your drive is built before 12/22 for pioneer and still now for LG and rebrands of themChameleonScales wrote: Sat Jul 19, 2025 12:12 pm Thanks. I should've done more research before buying.
So, not that this concerns me anymore (I have an AMD CPU and Nvidia GPU so I'm out of the picture), but I think it should be added that, unless I missed some details, Intel stopped supporting SGX on their Core processors since at least 2021. Only Xeon processors still do now.
So this product has at least very narrow requirements on modern hardware at this point, if not worse (haven't looked into it in more detail).