Reddit reviews LG WH16NS40 Super Multi Blue Internal SATA 16x Blu-ray Disc Rewriter

As someone who also likes ripping optical media: That's not the Blu-ray drive you want. Not by a long shot.

The drive you want is the LG WH16NS40 (also on Amazon), which is (by my measure) objectively the best BR drive currently on the market.

"Why should I get this drive over any other?" Three main reasons:

1. No riplock (artificially limiting read speed when sequentially reading the disc). The BDR-209DBK maybe has riplock, or maybe just has a really garbage power-saving mode.
   
2. Can read BDXL (3 and 4 layer) discs, but only supports AACS1. This puts it in the "UHD BR friendly" category, allowing you to rip UHD/4K Blu-ray discs.
   
3. Uses a Mediatek chipset and a +6 read offset, which means it can read/rip PS3 game discs.
   
   EDIT Also, for the love of <diety>, don't ever update your optical drive firmware.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc_recordable

Go ahead buy one

Discs are right here

I remember seeing them on the shelves of Staples when I worked there 10 years ago.

Yep this, to add more to this I was able to use the ASUS flashing application found here (LG and ASUS drives only) on this drive. Good luck!

This one has served me very well. Used it for many blu ray burns of home movies. I used a re-writable disc as well as dual layer discs.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00E7B08MS/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1499913443&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=lg+blu+ray+burner+m.disc&dpPl=1&dpID=416X3wRYtzL&ref=plSrch

The WH16NS40 will do 4K as long as you roll back the firmware. If you wanna make the internal drive an external one of these would work. I use it to make internal HDDs external as well.

For more info, check out the Ultimate UHD Drives Guide from MakeMKV's site.

1600 Mhz is obviously better, but 1333 will not hinder your performance at all. If you're willing to spend a few bucks more on 1600, by all means do so.

These are cheaper than the Hyper X Fury, but have lower latency.

This drive should be good for blu-ray.

This is the one I use.

I wanted an optical drive for my new pc for playing BluRay/Dvd/CD ect.

Ended up ordering this
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E7B08MS?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=od_aui_detailpages00

Unfortunately I now realize it doesn't come with cables or software? Will I be able to actually use the thing without that? If not where do I get what I need to make it actually work?

It appears I forgot to add an optical drive. I was thinking about this one:

LG WH16NS40 Super Multi Blue Internal SATA

Is there a better one?

I want to know if it's possible to use an optical drive with this case?

Specifically I want to use this drive

If not can you recommend another simple black case in the same price range with an optical drive?

Thanks a lot!

Edit: Never mind I figured out that it does work. Thanks!

Looks pretty sweet, however:

• You can get a single stick of ram for around the same price which is a bit more convenient than two and better for upgrades in the future. Here's one that matches your motherboard.
  
  
• Your case looks a bit cheap, but if you really like it, go for it.
  
  
• You only need 600w and you'll save $10. Here.
  
  
• In this day and age, you don't need a CD drive. Drivers should be installed from the internet so you receive the most up-to-date ones. Unless of course, you want to play blu-rays, which you should probably get one of these

I bought this one and downgraded the firmware:

LG WH16NS40 Super Multi Blue Internal SATA 16x Blu-ray Disc Rewriter https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E7B08MS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_CwwYBbYXAYDZ7

Googe for instructions.

I have not actually ripped a UHD disk yet. I bought it mostly because my old DVD player broke.

Sorry if this isn't the right place for this.

One of the only PS3 games I really care about is Midnight Club LA, I got a disc copy of it earlier to use as a kinda sorta benchmark game. It's listed as "Ingame" on the compatibility checker, but I've gotten nothing.

I just this error: "E LDR: Invalid or unsupported file format: C:/Users...dev_hdd0/game/PS3_GAME/USRDIR/EBOOT.BIN" when I try to play it.

I've installed the PS3 firmware, and I'm using the latest version or RPCS3 from github. I feel like I'm just an idiot and I'm just not realizing something, so if someone could tell me what I'm missing, that would be great :p

I'm using an [LG WH16NS40] (https://www.amazon.com/LG-WH16NS40-Internal-Blu-ray-Rewriter/dp/B00E7B08MS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1491537583&sr=8-1&keywords=lg+wh16ns40) to rip the ISO, not sure if that matters.

I'm looking to buy a bluray burner/player for my pc recently. I was looking at this How do region codes work for internal drives? Is it possible to region unlock drives?

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I have the first gen of this drive and I've ripped UK locked Blurays as well as US, and its never asked me about the region. I'm using MakeMKV and Handbrake. Maybe BluRay player software will ask you to switch, but MakeMKV doesn't (at least not with the drive I'm using).

The good news is that the discs that came with the hardware are obsolete and the updated software is available for download on their sites.

The bad news is some software, depending on the vendor, must be installed from the included disc because they do not offer a replacement on their site (to minimize how many people who don't own compatible hardware try using it). Creative and Canon with their DSLR's are two examples where proprietary software is exclusive to their included media and the website merely offers patches.

Also, your OS is downloadable and can be very easily installed to a USB drive of 8GB minimum capacity (it will be formatted to FAT32)

• Windows 10 Media Creation Tool
  
  
• Windows 8.1/8 Media Creation Tool
  
  With the spare storage on the USB drive, I would create a folder and place all your driver downloads there UNcompressed and sorted so your OS can find them when you point to it.
  
  If you are installing Windows in new hardware, remember to boot off the USB drive in UEFI mode (use opportunity to ditch MBR). After pressing the appropriate key on startup to dictate the boot device, look for UEFI next to the USB drive. Desktop motherboards allow you to boot with the typical BIOS/MBR method or the UEFI/GPT method without having to make any modifications, whereas laptops may require you disable "Secure Boot" before permitting booting
  
  
• Process to install Windows 10/8.1/8 via UEFI / GPT
  
  
• Process to install Windows 7 via UEFI / GPT
  
  Finally, remember to save this drive in a safe place for future use. Like in your motherboard box.
  
  That being said, if you still want to get an optical drive, here are five options:
  
  
• $29.99 Plextor PX-891SAF DVD burner
  
  
• $58.99 LG WH16NS40 Blu-Ray Burner
  
  
• $65.99 Pioneer BDR-209DBK Kit Blu-Ray Burner
  
  
• $20.99 LG GP60NB50 USB DVD Burner
  
  
• $84.63 Samsung SE-506CB/RSWD USB Blu-Ray burner

I've been on vacation or I'd have responded sooner, apologies for that.

I rip all my movies with makemkv. I'm basically watching the movie as if it's straight from the disc, just ripped directly and wrapped in MKV.

I have watched directly from the drive using leawo blu-ray player. Wideasfcuk talks about it on youtube.
And this is my bd drive.

Hope that helps

:p

Will this work?

This took 1 quick search to find. See if it meets your requirements.




LG Super Multi Blue Internal SATA 16x Blu-ray Disc Rewriter OEM https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E7B08MS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_ZdYyDbEKTSGCT