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I recently bought an Asus Zendrive U9M DVD/CD drive off amazon and its pretty nice but wondering if i should return it and try finding a blu-ray drive, but it looks like recently everything by major brands has been discontinued, and the most promising new branded one ive been able to find is an LG BP50NB40 from newegg for around 100$, is that a good deal?
There's also a few Pioneer BDR-XD08TC drives listed on eBay for around 90$, are those more desirable?
I wouldn't want to spend much more than that, and I dont care about 4K.
I've tried looking on Amazon, and all the new stuff is from Chinese no-name brands that are sub 100$ but I rather buy something name brand.
Thank you

bp50nb40 from the newegg china seller is fake or recased nb72 drives in nb52 cases
xd08tc is also fake see my psa about fake drives
get the buffalo drives from b&H those are real
the 5.25 one has a chance to be a pioneer but low

Billycar11 wrote: Thu Jul 16, 2026 1:46 am bp50nb40 from the newegg china seller is fake or recased nb72 drives in nb52 cases
xd08tc is also fake see my psa about fake drives
get the buffalo drives from b&H those are real
the 5.25 one has a chance to be a pioneer but low

Wow that's crazy thank you for the elite knowledge my friend saved me from getting scammed

Are the bp50nb40 drives from best buy also fake? Seems like it came from a different seller and not directly from best buy.

oh boy - it actually ended up coming from new egg. scammed :/

perogi wrote: Wed Jul 22, 2026 1:06 am Are the bp50nb40 drives from best buy also fake? Seems like it came from a different seller and not directly from best buy.

oh boy - it actually ended up coming from new egg. scammed :/

email me or marty the drive info we can confirm

Billycar11 wrote: Thu Jul 16, 2026 1:46 am bp50nb40 from the newegg china seller is fake or recased nb72 drives in nb52 cases
xd08tc is also fake see my psa about fake drives
get the buffalo drives from b&H those are real
the 5.25 one has a chance to be a pioneer but low

Are there any legit internal Blu-ray drives (also not concerned with 4k) that are available?

Bmatt91 wrote: Sun Jul 26, 2026 12:59 am

Billycar11 wrote: Thu Jul 16, 2026 1:46 am bp50nb40 from the newegg china seller is fake or recased nb72 drives in nb52 cases
xd08tc is also fake see my psa about fake drives
get the buffalo drives from b&H those are real
the 5.25 one has a chance to be a pioneer but low

Are there any legit internal Blu-ray drives (also not concerned with 4k) that are available?

you can take the ones in the buffalo out but really it's fine in the case

Fair enough, is the cheaper one from Office Depot legit or only buy from b&h?

Bmatt91 wrote: Sun Jul 26, 2026 1:18 am Fair enough, is the cheaper one from Office Depot legit or only buy from b&h?

if its shipped and sold by them its probably fine but if its from a 3rd party dont chance it

Bought a buffalo off Office Depot, it seemed to come from them directly. Just thinking here but is there a chance it could be cross flashed to 4k, just depends on the drive that’s inside? I got a BDR-212V based on your recommendation last year and have been using it for Blu-ray, works great!! Could THAT be cross flashed at this point? I’m just thinking about future proofing

Bmatt91 wrote: Sun Jul 26, 2026 2:39 pm Bought a buffalo off Office Depot, it seemed to come from them directly. Just thinking here but is there a chance it could be cross flashed to 4k, just depends on the drive that’s inside? I got a BDR-212V based on your recommendation last year and have been using it for Blu-ray, works great!! Could THAT be cross flashed at this point? I’m just thinking about future proofing

Yes both should be able to do 4k
Email me the drive info for the 212 and I'll send over the flasher
For the buffalo Marty can do that one too.

See email below