LG BP50NB40 External Blu-Ray/DVD Reader/Writer $109.42 + Shipping (Direct Import) @ F Digital via MyDeal

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This external portable optical drive is one of the few recommended in the MakeMKV forums for ripping UHD Blu-rays. Good for those wanting to legally setup a jellyfin server, or rip more obscure/ hard to find Blu-rays. Note that that better bang for buck might be to get a 5.25in optical drive then match with sata to usb 3 w/ 12V/2A power supply. That route was too clunky for me and would work out to be the same price. Amazon reviews indicate this external drive uses proprietary connectors (non-sata), so don't buy it thinking you can slap it in a PC case. 19 in stock at time of posting.

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  • Mahogany Granger on 17/07/2024 - 13:23
    +3

    I remember these

    • Olli on 17/07/2024 - 13:24
      +5

      when CD writers where a thing 2x or 4x and you couldn't use your computer to not disturb the writing process :D

      • DontNeedThis on 17/07/2024 - 14:04
        +4

        You peasant! I had 16X.

        • smartazz104 on 17/07/2024 - 14:19
          +2

          And buffer underruns.

        • FabMan on 17/07/2024 - 15:04

          You young whipper snapper!

      • hammo on 17/07/2024 - 15:33

        I LOL in your general direction. I spent thousands on a 1x Sony with SCSI controller card, which used caddies to hold the discs. Blanks were $15-20 each back then, so when you upset the computer in any way, the write would shit itself and kissed goodbye to pizza money.

        • rodericb on 17/07/2024 - 16:13

          Is that around 1993? You could get lots of pizza for the price of a blank CD back then! Or a mountain of 2 for 1 Hungry Jacks Whoppers….

  • Abaddon on 17/07/2024 - 13:48
    +5

    Note it's official'ish support and you will need to flash it to work.

    If you want something that works out of the box (already Libre enabled), I've been very happy with this https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/verbatim-e…

    Price matched it to ~$160. It's also USB-C rather than the USB 2.0 in the LG you linked.

    • Dan24 on 17/07/2024 - 13:56

      Out of the box functionality would have been preferable tbh, good find. Hopefully I do okay with the flashing aspect and that make mkv forums will have me sorted.

    • Dan24 on 17/07/2024 - 14:10

      @casho maybe this one, listed as compatible with Mac OS. Runs through 1 USB c cable too.

    • jumpypotato53 on 17/07/2024 - 14:31

      Why do you need to flash it?

      • Dan24 on 17/07/2024 - 14:37

        So I can rip the blu ray disks. Pretty sure that it would only allow playback otherwise.

    • flagsarefun on 17/07/2024 - 15:07
      +1

      Who did you price match it to?

    • jwh on 17/07/2024 - 15:11
      +1

      I’ve had my eye on that Verbatim one for months and months.

      Went down to approx $146 at Amazon AU for a short period recently, but I’m holding out a better deal, closer to this price

    • out4abargain on 17/07/2024 - 15:20

      “Price matched it to ~$160.“
      Just did the same today for $153. At Amazon it was $174 2 weeks ago, $181 until yesterday, then this morning $161

    • BillyG687 on 17/07/2024 - 16:21

      Literally standing inline at Officeworks and Amazon ups the price to $224.

  • Tollery on 17/07/2024 - 13:49

    Connects VIA USB 2.0

  • twig on 17/07/2024 - 13:51

    Tangential question, is there a way to watch Bluray in any programs on Windows reliably yet?

    Or do we still need to stick to programs which paid for the keys or licensing?

    • Abaddon on 17/07/2024 - 14:12

      Depends which apps you are using. In libre mode (MakeMKV) you can just open in VLC.

      • twig on 17/07/2024 - 14:23

        Ah I wanted to view from some couch friendly software like kodi

  • qube on 17/07/2024 - 14:01
    +2

    Is it region locked?

    • Dan24 on 17/07/2024 - 14:07

      My use case involves flashing firmware that would avoid any issues with that (I think/ hope), so I'm unsure.

  • casho on 17/07/2024 - 14:07
    +1

    Sorry for hijack. Anyone know a good bluray reader for modern mac books?

  • Matt86 on 17/07/2024 - 15:14

    Purchased this.

    Coupon code "party" gave me $10 off.

    USB Type C can be achieved with an adapter if required - does anyone have a link to flashing the firmware?

    • Dan24 on 17/07/2024 - 16:03
      +1

      The Make MKV forum linked in the description has a good overview and gives the relevant files as downloads at the end.

    • Dan24 on 17/07/2024 - 16:12
      +1

      here

  • Guybrush57 on 17/07/2024 - 16:05

    Would this model flashed be better than the Verbatim VB43888 linked above? Specifically for ripping purposes or other?

    • Dan24 on 17/07/2024 - 16:24
      +1

      Nah, the verbatim one is just marginally more expensive atm. I was mainly guided by the model recommendations in the MakeMKV forum (link in description). There is a separate post talking about how the Verbatim model is quite good here. Honestly wasn't aware of the Verbatim as an option until someone talked about it here in the comments.

      • Guybrush57 on 17/07/2024 - 17:04
        +1

        I also have a Pioneer desktop drive that is apparently really good according to that link.

  • Cevolution on 17/07/2024 - 17:49

    I’ve been toying with the idea of buying a Pioneer BDRXS07TUHD model, sometimes I think about starting to rip my approximately 5000 Blu-ray and 4K Blu-ray Disc collection, but quickly change my mind because it will be a extremely time consuming task, and I don’t see the point from a time saving perspective. 18 years after the launch of 1080p Blu-ray and 8 years since the launch of 4K UHD Blu-ray, and the picture and audio quality on paid streaming services is generally still vastly inferior to these 2 physical media formats

    • Matt86 on 17/07/2024 - 18:45

      I'd suggest to do this, as physical media does degrade with time even if not played.

      I wouldn't do the 5,000 at once. But go ahead and start with the less common / more valuable ones and just do one to two a day after work here and there.

      You won't ever probably get all 5,000 but there are other "harrr mateys" sources for more common shows.

      • Cevolution on 17/07/2024 - 18:55

        Rubbish. Like any product, the odd batch or a singular copy of media physical media/BDs/4K BDs sometimes can be defective and degrade over time, however if the disc is free of defects it will last many decades… The majority of discs aren’t defective. The user damaging them is a different a matter. I’ve come across about 10 out of 5000 in my collection that no longer work (I watch a minimum of 2 Blu-rays/4K Blu-ray almost every night each week, I have paid streaming services but certainly could easily go without, and definitely don’t want or need FTA ever again), which I’ve had to replace, hardly a major concern, and it amounts to such small amount of money repurchasing them a second time to replace them, much less than what my time is worth per hour based on what I get paid for my job when you consider the amount of time I would need to devote to ripping my entire collection for the sake of a handful of titles that are defective and no longer work.

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