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LG 14x SATA Internal Blu-ray Rewriter

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Amazon has LG Electronics 14x SATA Blu-ray Internal Rewriter (WH14NS40) on sale for $49.99. Shipping is free.

Newegg also has LG Electronics 14x SATA Blu-ray Internal Rewriter (WH14NS40) on sale for $49.99. Shipping is free.

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Features:
  • Drive Type: Super-Multi Internal SATA Blu-ray Disc Rewriter
  • BD-R SL/DL: 14X/12XDVD-R SL/DL: 16X/8XDVD+R SL/DL: 16X/8X
  • CD-RW: 24X
  • Buffer Memory: 4MB
  • Operating System: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7
  • Without Software

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    • Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars w/ over 3,400 Amazon customer reviews.
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  • About this deal:
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Amazon has LG Electronics 14x SATA Blu-ray Internal Rewriter (WH14NS40) on sale for $49.99. Shipping is free.

Newegg also has LG Electronics 14x SATA Blu-ray Internal Rewriter (WH14NS40) on sale for $49.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member WB_K for sharing this deal.

Features:
  • Drive Type: Super-Multi Internal SATA Blu-ray Disc Rewriter
  • BD-R SL/DL: 14X/12XDVD-R SL/DL: 16X/8XDVD+R SL/DL: 16X/8X
  • CD-RW: 24X
  • Buffer Memory: 4MB
  • Operating System: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7
  • Without Software

Editor's Notes

Written by BostonGirl
  • About this product:
    • Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars w/ over 3,400 Amazon customer reviews.
    • See forum thread for additional deal discussion.
  • About this deal:
    • This deal is $20 lower (28.57% savings) than the list price of $69.99.
  • About this store:

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Jimmdean
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bjgfromthe703
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Grabbed one last week sold by Amazon.com. I successfully flashed it to the 1.02MK firmware using this USB adadpter:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product...UTF8&psc=1

and was able to rip a UHD title with MakeMKV.
violian
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Keep in mind that if you have a 12th gen Intel, you won't be able to use this to play standard or 4K Blu-ray movies on your PC because Intel removed some required HDCP security thing from their newest chips (citing that the HDCP handshake protocol is a security vulnerability).

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Jan 25, 2022 12:05 AM
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babygdavJan 25, 2022 12:05 AM
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Quote from MWink :
I have one of these and it was great while it lasted. Unfortunately, it died after only a year or two. It happened right in the middle of reading a Blu-Ray. It will still read DVDs but not Blu-Rays. I replaced it with the 16x version. Hopefully that one holds up better.
Blue laser (bluray) head life is limited because of the diode technology vs red (dvd)...regardless of the drive you buy.
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EasyRhinoJan 25, 2022 12:09 AM
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Quote from HomeyDaClown :
Cant tell.. is this a LibreDrive?
mine is yep.
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whatgooddealJan 25, 2022 12:38 AM
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Quote from atx11 :
Lol no. Try again. The "Bluray standard" dictates the resolution and even the encoding of the video so that ALL bluray players can play them.
Wanna bet? I can put any resolution video onto a Blu ray disk and any other data that's not even video
Jan 25, 2022 01:08 AM
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pcman2000Jan 25, 2022 01:08 AM
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Bummer my WH14NS40 is apparently too old, only v 1.00 firmware available
Jan 25, 2022 01:38 AM
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BeigeOctopus9027Jan 25, 2022 01:38 AM
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"Ripping" from what though? If you already have the bluray movie, why do you need to rip it?
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nfs2192Jan 25, 2022 02:21 AM
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Quote from bjgfromthe703 :
Grabbed one last week sold by Amazon.com. I successfully flashed it to the 1.02MK firmware using this USB adadpter:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product...UTF8&psc=1 [amazon.com]

and was able to rip a UHD title with MakeMKV.
You need the usb adaper to flash?
Jan 25, 2022 02:48 AM
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bjgfromthe703Jan 25, 2022 02:48 AM
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Quote from nfs2192 :
You need the usb adaper to flash?
You can also just plug it into a desktop motherboard with the normal SATA data and power cables.

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Quote from BeigeOctopus9027 :
"Ripping" from what though? If you already have the bluray movie, why do you need to rip it?
I rip from UHD to hard drive for convenience. With a 16TB hard drive and/or Plex box, you can have 500+ movies ripped to your drive and quickly stream any of them without dealing with menus or finding the disc, and in better quality than Netflix, all without a monthly fee.
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redpoint5Jan 25, 2022 04:07 AM
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Now all I need to do is renew my Netflix 3 at a time mail subscription.
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DoalnJan 25, 2022 04:07 AM
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Quote from nautalis :
I don't get it. Do people buy physical movies these days? What for? How are the discs played? Why not download from Usenet?
The best possible quality is still only available via physical 4K discs. If you were to stream from the best source (generally iTunes) vs the same movie on 4K blu-ray, it will be better on the disc.

For example, just on bitrate alone, reportedly Apple goes up to 40 Mb/sec, while 4k discs pretty much start at 50% higher and go up to ~3x. Someone like Netflix reportedly does 4k at 17 Mb/sec maximum.

So for those who want the absolute best quality available, discs are still king.
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49studebakerJan 25, 2022 04:10 AM
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During Black Friday/Cyber Monday and a few days later, it was $45. I was hoping it would drop to $40. According to CamelCamelCamel the lowest price was $35. I don't think this burner will get much cheaper since there is not a lot of demand for burners because of online video.

Buy a pack of M-discs and backup your data. If your data is very important backup it to two M-discs. If one disc gets damaged, you can recover data from the spare disc. As far as I know, data on a Recordable M-disc can NOT be erased or encrypted. It is a good way to protect your data from ransomware.

Some people prefer not to keep sensitive data in the cloud. If a cloud service goes offline(Google cloud, Amazon web services), you can not access your data. Some times cloud storage services shut down(Samsung cloud). If hackers gain access to your cloud account, your data could be leaked or encrypted.

Some cloud services keep older versions of your data, but hackers can encrypt your data multiple times, which would result in older versions of your data being encrypted.
Last edited by 49studebaker January 24, 2022 at 08:28 PM.
Jan 25, 2022 04:31 AM
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49studebakerJan 25, 2022 04:31 AM
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Quote from namx :
Shouldn't this be cheaper since we BR discs are expensive and most everyone has gravitated to SSD? What are people using this for? Ripping BR?
More demand = Mass production = lower prices.

Less Demand = Low volume production = high prices.
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force41Jan 25, 2022 04:41 AM
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Aren't we going to lose normal playback capability on these with the new generations of Intel processors? Frown

If so, I'm wondering if the prices for these will continue to fall. Smilie

New Intel Chips Won't Play Blu-Ray [bleepingcomputer.com]
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Quote from Doaln :
The best possible quality is still only available via physical 4K discs. If you were to stream from the best source (generally iTunes) vs the same movie on 4K blu-ray, it will be better on the disc.

For example, just on bitrate alone, reportedly Apple goes up to 40 Mb/sec, while 4k discs pretty much start at 50% higher and go up to ~3x. Someone like Netflix reportedly does 4k at 17 Mb/sec maximum.

So for those who want the absolute best quality available, discs are still king.
Or a digital copy of the disc.
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