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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.

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  • 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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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.
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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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Quote from 49studebaker :
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.
You could just store your data encrypted on to an external drive and disconnect it from the network to prevent ransomware attacks. You don't need to burn discs.
Jan 25, 2022 07:26 AM
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49studebakerJan 25, 2022 07:26 AM
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Quote from hungrytiger :
What a great thread!

Trying to convince myself to update my reliable DVD burner but just can't do it yet.

The discussion on M disks is a good one. However, be advised they are not cheap.

I use USB sticks, DVDs, and HDs to record archives. Hopefully one of them will work.

I do have a question? The Pioneer units on Amazon! Are they as good as the Pioneer BDR-S09J?

https://www.amazon.com/Pioneer-BD...585&sr=8-3
I picked up a 3pack of Ridata mdiscs at Walmart before Black Friday for $6. $3 per disc is not too expensive.

I think an mdisc will outlast other storage solutions. I could be wrong but I think the data is etched into plastic. Plastic does not break down for 100's of years.

If a flash drive, ssd, or hdd fails it is hard to get data off of the device. You would need a data recovery company to recover the data. That could cost a thousand dollars. If a Blu-ray drive fails you could just buy another and read the data off the mdisc. If there is demand they probably will not stop manufacturing them. Another way to recover data would be to use a digital microscope to read pits etched in the disc surface and then convert it to computer data. Probably time consuming and expensive, but if you need the data it would be an option.
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DanzillaJan 25, 2022 07:41 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?
While price does go up with demand and limited supply, the opposite can also be true. As they produce less to meet reduced demand, the unit production cost can go up and we also end up with less opportunity for deals (sales, overstock, etc.)
Last edited by Danzilla January 25, 2022 at 01:14 AM.
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49studebakerJan 25, 2022 07:50 AM
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Quote from uhsarp :
You could just store your data encrypted on to an external drive and disconnect it from the network to prevent ransomware attacks. You don't need to burn discs.
What if hackers gain access to your computer or Wi-Fi router and then wait for you to connect your external backup drive? At some point you will need to back up some more data or access the backed up data. They detect the connected backup drive and encrypt it, then encrypt the data on your computer. You lose data OR pay a ransom OR pay ransom and not get your data back.

If your external is connected to your Wi-Fi router hackers could access the data remotely or encrypt the data via the Wi-Fi router.

I do not know everything, but they can NOT delete or encrypt data on a recordable mdisc because once the data is written it is read only.

Maybe an advanced attack could move the drive's laser to corrupt the written data or maybe they could corrupt the disc session data. I don't think they can encrypt the session data, maybe they can. I don't know everything. A duplicate disc would protect you if one disc got corrupted. Hackers are after money, if they can not collect a decryption ransom, they will probably demand a ransom in exchange for not leaking the data.
Last edited by 49studebaker January 24, 2022 at 11:55 PM.
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boobolooJan 25, 2022 07:52 AM
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Optical drives used to drop to $20 near the end.
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boobolooJan 25, 2022 07:53 AM
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Quote from hungrytiger :
What a great thread!

Trying to convince myself to update my reliable DVD burner but just can't do it yet.

The discussion on M disks is a good one. However, be advised they are not cheap.

I use USB sticks, DVDs, and HDs to record archives. Hopefully one of them will work.

I do have a question? The Pioneer units on Amazon! Are they as good as the Pioneer BDR-S09J?

https://www.amazon.com/Pioneer-BD...585&sr=8-3 [amazon.com]
price per GB of dvd-r is just not worth it at this point vs bd-r.
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49studebakerJan 25, 2022 08:02 AM
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Quote from hungrytiger :
What a great thread!

Trying to convince myself to update my reliable DVD burner but just can't do it yet.

The discussion on M disks is a good one. However, be advised they are not cheap.

I use USB sticks, DVDs, and HDs to record archives. Hopefully one of them will work.

I do have a question? The Pioneer units on Amazon! Are they as good as the Pioneer BDR-S09J?

https://www.amazon.com/Pioneer-BD...585&sr=8-3
Recordable dvds have an organic dye layer. After a certain amount of time, the dye will break down. Your data will be lost.

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49studebakerJan 25, 2022 08:22 AM
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Quote from hungrytiger :
What a great thread!

Trying to convince myself to update my reliable DVD burner but just can't do it yet.

The discussion on M disks is a good one. However, be advised they are not cheap.

I use USB sticks, DVDs, and HDs to record archives. Hopefully one of them will work.

I do have a question? The Pioneer units on Amazon! Are they as good as the Pioneer BDR-S09J?

https://www.amazon.com/Pioneer-BD...585&sr=8-3
Another backup solution that can NOT be erased or encrypted is tape storage. Tape drives are expensive. They cost around $1,000. They can hold a lot of data. A WORM(write once, read many) tape cartridge costs $50.
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LilyG2960Jan 25, 2022 09:56 AM
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Good deal, thank you
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jhymanJan 25, 2022 01:20 PM
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Quote from ben_r_ :
What do these usually go for? Doesn't show a discount listed on the Amazon page. Where's the "deal" here?
It fluctuates a bit, but it was $45 for most of November and has been basically $50 since early December with one jump to $58 right around new year.

It's a good price (it doesn't get much lower now), but it's also been this price for a while now, so it's not particularly amazing deal or something to jump on.
Last edited by jhyman January 25, 2022 at 05:46 AM.
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jhymanJan 25, 2022 01:21 PM
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Quote from usforce :
14X or 16X version the best to go with and why? Thanks.
If you are flashing the firmware they are basically the same drive. Get whichever is cheaper.
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slugbugJan 25, 2022 01:42 PM
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I bought 2 of these, and still need to install and update the firmware so I can play my growing 4k Blu Ray collection.
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overzeetopJan 25, 2022 01:50 PM
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Quote from slugbug :
I bought 2 of these, and still need to install and update the firmware so I can play my growing 4k Blu Ray collection.
I've got a stack of discs and a drive (somewhere in a box, probably); it's easier to download the rips, honestly. I think the last time I even opened up the ripping software was to pull a French language TV series off discs after I couldn't find them online.
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dealsandrewardsJan 25, 2022 02:21 PM
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Or a digital copy of the disc.
Can't believe you got downvoted, they don't know but we know about uncompressed mkv. 👍
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Quote from babygdav :
Almost any... If you know what to do. Even on lowest end PCs, as long as the gpu supports 4k displays, you can rip to properly encoded 4k mp4 files that don't need much power to playback in vlc etc. See videohelp.com
This is very much a stretch. If by "legacy" you mean intel i7 and newer i5s along with a GPU with enough VRAM to have some sort of realistic cache. Oh wait, those GPUs sell for hundreds more than their original MSRP even years later (see RX 480). I guess if legacy you mean Original Ryzen sure. Try running this on an athalon or (god help you) bulldozer/piledriver. It may work, but it will be a terrible experience.

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