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Best Buy via eBay has LG 8x External USB 2.0 Blu-Ray Double Layer Disc Rewriter (BP50NB40) on sale for $79.99. Shipping is free.

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Best Buy via eBay has LG 8x External USB 2.0 Blu-Ray Double Layer Disc Rewriter (BP50NB40) on sale for $79.99. Shipping is free.

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  • Dual USB Type-A 2.0 interface

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Oct 20, 2023 7:19 AM
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KevonK4870Oct 20, 2023 7:19 AM
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I've had this drive for a few months now. Works great for ripping 4Ks after flashing. It also works fine for me with a single usb cable plugged into the back of my system.
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Oct 20, 2023 10:04 AM
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AlfWongOct 20, 2023 10:04 AM
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Is USB 2.0 going to be a problem?
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Quote from Tisser12 View quoted comment :
I've had this exact drive for a few years now and have ripped multiple Blu-Rays with MakeMkv and converted/compressed with Handbrake. As long as this is the same model as I have (looks exactly the same but could have different guts) it IS flashable to play/rip 4k/3D discs as well*. Not as fast as a 5.25" drive would be but it is very light and portable and doesn't need external power or a SATA connection. It's pretty quiet too.

I've only ran into a few movies that just wouldn't rip, and I don't think it was the movies themselves just something with the discs because one of them was Jurassic Park 2, whereas all the other movies in the series ripped perfectly fine.

*Just be sure to follow the flashing instructions carefully if you go that route so you don't accidentally brick your drive.

P.S. I got a "Lacdo" brand hardshell case on Amazon to keep it safe when I'm not using it.
How long does it take to rip full 25gb-50gb and then strip away unwanted audio using MakeMKV? I use to do this all the time back in the day before BD. I was the master of ripping dvd's lol either dvdfab full copy or anydvd/clonedvd.
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LordDrolOct 20, 2023 10:40 AM
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Quote from osv1 View quoted comment :
it's complicated... the 4k uhd bluray spec is for 4:2:0 hevc, and that's what bluray discs use.

amd supports 4:2:0 h.265 hevc decoding, for instance: https://www.amd.com/en/products/g...iting.html

where amd/nivida fall short is that neither has 4:2:2 hevc decoding support, which is what you want when editing high-quality 4k video.

the problem with playing back 4k bluray on a computer is with the DRM, which makes it pretty much a fail, htpc is dead: https://www.reddit.com/r/htpc/com..._policies/
The poster was obviously referring to the removal of SGX in Intel 11th gen:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/...precation/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roc...e#Features

6th gen might also be out due to lack of HDCP 2.2.

Fortunately, you can get your hands on a PC from 7th to 10th gen pretty easily. Possibly even upgrade the CPU in a 6th gen PC to 7th, but I've found the prices to suck.
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dealmeister3000Oct 20, 2023 11:34 AM
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Quote from osv1 View quoted comment :
this is 2023, not 1995, nobody uses scsi these days.

don't threadcrap with false claims.
Just a heads up from Wikipedia...

"Nearly all modern mainstream server operating systems (such as BSD, Linux, Solaris or Windows Server) can provide iSCSI target functionality, either as a built-in feature or with supplemental software. Some specific-purpose operating systems implement iSCSI target support."
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Quote from osv1 View quoted comment :
this is 2023, not 1995, nobody uses scsi these days.

don't threadcrap with false claims.
This is on Wikipedia as well...

"Modern SCSI

Recent physical versions of SCSI — Serial Attached SCSI (SAS), SCSI-over-Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP), and USB Attached SCSI (UAS) — break from the traditional parallel SCSI bus and perform data transfer via serial communications using point-to-point links."

Also...

"SCSI was introduced in the 1980s and has seen widespread use on servers and high-end workstations, with new SCSI standards being published as recently as SAS-4 in 2017."
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Quote from scotts9612 View quoted comment :
What's the difference between ripping and pirating or are they the same thing just using the name ripping to covertly be saying that it is really being illegally copyed
Are you suggesting that backing up your legally owned discs is unethical? Because that's a horseload if there ever was one.
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tms5153Oct 20, 2023 12:35 PM
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Quote from Eragorn View quoted comment :
After flashing, can this rip 4K blu-rays as well OP (if I want to add to a server for example)?
Can confirm. Have this drive and replaced the firmware. Was able to rip 4k blurays with my 10 year old MSI laptop and my AMD desktop with MakeMKV. Shouldn't matter the system.
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solidsnake222Oct 20, 2023 12:39 PM
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Quote from Eragorn View quoted comment :
After flashing, can this rip 4K blu-rays as well OP (if I want to add to a server for example)?
I guess I'm clueless, but what do you mean by "after flashing?" I have an old external blu ray drive for my iMac and am looking to upgrade it to a 4K drive at some point, but I thought a drive could only rip 4K movies if the product specifically states it can.
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WooHoo2YouOct 20, 2023 1:04 PM
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Quote from osv1 View quoted comment :
quoting you directly: "you get either scsi or failed to read errors."

no, you can't get "scsi errors" because this is not a scsi drive.

that code you posted has nothing to do with scsi.
How long have you been using computers? You've never gotten an (seemingly) irrelevant error message??? Just yesterday my old desktop was spitting out a hard drive (error "3F3") because the computer was upset I accidently plugged in an HDMI cord to the mobo's HDMI port which had been disabled being I had a discrete GPU. 'bUt iT IsN'T A HaRd dRiVe' they scream Wink

LOL. I know you think you are the smartest person in the room however clearly you have zero clue what you are talking about. Insulting others isn't going to change that.
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Quote from osv1 View quoted comment :
this is 2023, not 1995, nobody uses scsi these days.

don't threadcrap with false claims.

SCSI is not just the hardware standard. There is a command protocol portion of it and it's still widely used under the hood. Have you heard of iSCSI ans SAS (Serial Attached SCSI)?

https://retrocomputing.stackexcha...s-protocol

SCSI commands are still used in optical drives and USB mass storage, despite they could be tunneled through other standards like ATA.
https://www.isobuster.com/help/co...nd_devices

You might want to consider using a less accusatory tone if you are not the field expert so you don't need to be embarrassed if you are wrong. In this case you might end up having a false claim of a false claim because of your misconceptions about SCSI.
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Quote from AlfWong View quoted comment :
Is USB 2.0 going to be a problem?
It is backwards compatible. USB 2.0 shouldn't be a problem here.

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