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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

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LG Electronics 14x SATA Blu-ray Internal Rewriter without Software, Black (WH14NS40)

Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007VPGL5U?

Newegg:
https://www.newegg.com/lg-wh14ns4...6827136250

Downgrade firmware to v1.02 to make full use of it.
Here YouTube video.
https://youtu.be/Yfpf6HoMMis

Check to see it works as QC is suspect. As long as it does best bang. Long time since 2018 on SD.

Other resource:
https://www.reddit.com/r/makemkv/..._wh16ns40/

External enclosure (not sure if u need to buy one with adapter but in past got everything for $50 so msrp went up):
https://www.bing.com/fd/ls/GLinkP...U1SVU4wSFE
(Actually for $96 includes everything including wh14ns40 so that's not bad).
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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.
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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01-28-2022 at 09:06 PM.
01-28-2022 at 09:06 PM.
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Google Drive
Right, that's a public repository of movies I can download from. /s
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WETOUT
01-28-2022 at 09:57 PM.
01-28-2022 at 09:57 PM.
Ordered one. Gonna sign up for a gamefly movie only subscription since Redbox in my area does not have 4k discs.
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01-28-2022 at 10:16 PM.
01-28-2022 at 10:16 PM.
Quote from av911 :
Right, that's a public repository of movies I can download from. /s
What were you expecting? Examples of sites where you can download UHD rips? I'm not about to discuss piracy on Slickdeals.
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01-29-2022 at 01:06 PM.
01-29-2022 at 01:06 PM.
Quote from violian :
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).
DRM and HDCP? What madman allows such trash on their PC?
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wwarsin
01-29-2022 at 08:20 PM.
01-29-2022 at 08:20 PM.
HOLIDAY4U gave me $10 off

Edit: nevermind, removed when i tried to checkout - might work for some though.
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01-30-2022 at 08:57 AM.
01-30-2022 at 08:57 AM.
Quote from babygdav :
And 5.25" sata enclosure
Eg
https://www.newegg.com/vantec-nst...6817392100
$50~

But because these are expensive now with the covid shipping crisis, you can use an external usb to sata adapter
https://www.newegg.com/startech-u...6812400542
$17~

Just noticed this and wanted to say thank you.
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djsvetljo
01-30-2022 at 04:48 PM.
01-30-2022 at 04:48 PM.
I feel like this drive is already failing on me after just reading 2 discs. Can anyone recommend better quality one?
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01-30-2022 at 05:09 PM.
01-30-2022 at 05:09 PM.
Quote from djsvetljo :
I feel like this drive is already failing on me after just reading 2 discs. Can anyone recommend better quality one?
Historically LG drives have been very very reliable but you can try your hand at LiteOn, Plextor, or ASUS are the other players. If indeed yours is actually failing I'd say it's a fluke and just needs exchanged but up to you.
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01-30-2022 at 05:12 PM.
01-30-2022 at 05:12 PM.
Quote from pcmax :
Historically LG drives have been very very reliable but you can try your hand at LiteOn, Plextor, or ASUS are the other players. If indeed yours is actually failing I'd say it's a fluke and just needs exchanged but up to you.
It may actually be the disks. It seems it is not at all tolerant to minor scratches. I am also getting a maximum of 5.7x (24.5MB/s) reading speeds. That sounds about right?
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01-30-2022 at 05:20 PM.
01-30-2022 at 05:20 PM.
Quote from djsvetljo :
It may actually be the disks. It seems it is not at all tolerant to minor scratches. I am also getting a maximum of 5.7x (24.5MB/s) reading speeds. That sounds about right?
If 4K UHD discs yes that's what I was getting with this drive, haven't tried just a blu-ray disc yet.
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WB_K
01-30-2022 at 07:20 PM.
01-30-2022 at 07:20 PM.
Quote from alxshanti :
Hey, I could use some advice. I just got the drive today. Installed it in the desktop Win 10 Pro. It shows up. But when I try to downgrade following the YouTube video, I get a CheckSum error. Says: "CheckSum Mismatched. Drive will go to BOOT mode. Please retry again." Then I get a Windows prompt saying that the flash tool may not have installed correctly. I'm sure I'm picking the right Bios file. Any thoughts?
Somebody posted the link but here it is again. https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/v...0745348bcd.

If u go down a little bit there is "Marty's SDF GUI". Click on it (2nd link in that section). It's like an updated tool. U use that and update to the WH16NS60 that would cover the WH14NS40 and WH16NS40. When I unzipped the source file that has everything the 1.02MK was like at the bottom or near bottom. Like 15-20 seconds flash done. I did 3 successfully and waiting on my 4th drive.

Yeah I know I'm prodigal. But I figured it's been 4-5 years and there was a period when there was no sale so now I'm just prepared. And I work too much (by force) so buying stuff online makes me feel good.
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01-30-2022 at 08:30 PM.
01-30-2022 at 08:30 PM.
this is funny, i decided to look into what my drive is and see if this is an upgrade, and **i bought the exact same drive, from newegg, in 2012 for $55 with a 10 pack of BDRs thrown in for free**

it still works, granted i barely used it. so good deal i guesss
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01-30-2022 at 08:52 PM.
01-30-2022 at 08:52 PM.
Quote from WB_K :
Somebody posted the link but here it is again. https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/v...0745348bcd.

If u go down a little bit there is "Marty's SDF GUI". Click on it (2nd link in that section). It's like an updated tool. U use that and update to the WH16NS60 that would cover the WH14NS40 and WH16NS40. When I unzipped the source file that has everything the 1.02MK was like at the bottom or near bottom. Like 15-20 seconds flash done. I did 3 successfully and waiting on my 4th drive.

Yeah I know I'm prodigal. But I figured it's been 4-5 years and there was a period when there was no sale so now I'm just prepared. And I work too much (by force) so buying stuff online makes me feel good.
Thanks man. It was nice of you to go through the trouble. Yeah, I figured that out with some help from their forum. You need the SDFtool and the WH16NS60 1.02MK firmware. And since these drives come with encrypted firmware, you also need to check the "enc" box on the SDFtool. After that, it's as smooth as butter.
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01-31-2022 at 02:31 PM.
01-31-2022 at 02:31 PM.
I had a spare laying around I purchased a few years ago, the firmware on it new is 1.02. Do I even need to do anything.
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01-31-2022 at 04:11 PM.
01-31-2022 at 04:11 PM.
I don't use a burner for 4k. 90GB per movie is just way too much storage space on hard drives. 20-30GB per Bluray is bad enough. I just purchase the 4k Film with the Digital Code. The trouble now is finding a movie to purchase.
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