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LG 8x External USB 2.0 Blu-Ray Double Layer Disc Rewriter

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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.

Best Buy has LG 8x External USB 2.0 Blu-Ray Double Layer Disc Rewriter (BP50NB40) on sale for $79.99. Shipping is free or select free store pick up where available.
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  • Dual USB Type-A 2.0 interface

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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.

Best Buy has LG 8x External USB 2.0 Blu-Ray Double Layer Disc Rewriter (BP50NB40) on sale for $79.99. Shipping is free or select free store pick up where available.
  • Note: Availability for store pickup may vary by location.
Thanks to Community Member cnmuranjan for finding this deal.

Features:
  • Supports reading and writing Blu-Ray, DVD, and CD.
  • Dual USB Type-A 2.0 interface

Editor's Notes

Written by megakimcheelove | Staff
  • About this Offer:
    • This is $25 lower (23% savings) than the regular price.
  • About this Product:
    • This is rated 4.4 out of 5 stars based on over 4000 ratings.
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Giantcrazy
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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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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.
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I mean, he posted the system output where line after line begins with "scsi error." At this point, you just sound like a know-it-all who's too immature to admit they were wrong. He didn't say it was an error with a scsi port. You're the one you interpreted it that way. It is, in fact, a scsi error, even if it doesn't mean exactly the same thing you think it should. There's one person threadcrapping here, and it's 100% you.
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Quote from HE1 View quoted comment :
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.
If you take 'backup' of a BD, it usually takes 30-50mins on my pc.
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Quote from solidsnake222 View quoted comment :
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.
4K drives are hard to get by. On contrary, regularly available drives can be flashed with old firmware and/or upgrade to different firmware to unlock this feature. There's a forum thread on MakeMKV to explain how it works and also the required info for flashing.
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Quote from cnmuranjan View quoted comment :
4K drives are hard to get by. On contrary, regularly available drives can be flashed with old firmware and/or upgrade to different firmware to unlock this feature. There's a forum thread on MakeMKV to explain how it works and also the required info for flashing.
Hmm, I wonder if my drive can be flashed to do this, I'll have to look into it. Thanks!
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You actually have to downgrade the firmware on this drive AND cross-flash it from a BP50NB40 to a BP60NB10 to get it to read 4K discs.

A nice benefit is you effectively end up "upgrading" the drive to one of these:

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/lg-6x-external-blu-ray-disc-double-layer-dvdrw-cd-rw-drive-black/616290... [bestbuy.com]
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The irony of Best buy selling this and announcing that they're no longer carrying DVDs ....
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The irony of Best buy selling this and announcing that they're no longer carrying DVDs ....
No irony. They'll sell disc players (hardware) but not discs (software).
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Quote from EngineerDude View quoted comment :
You actually have to downgrade the firmware on this drive AND cross-flash it from a BP50NB40 to a BP60NB10 to get it to read 4K discs.

A nice benefit is you effectively end up "upgrading" the drive to one of these:

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/lg-6x-external-blu-ray-disc-double-layer-dvdrw-cd-rw-drive-black/616290... [bestbuy.com]
Coincidentally, I actually just dusted off my old wp50nb40 earlier this week and cross flashed it to bp60nb10 using a the gui tool on the Makemkv forum. Took like 5 mins total. "It can't be this easy" I thought as I watched it disconnect and then remount as a bp60nb10. Exact same hardware, but now 4k compatible. Such a scam how the more expensive one is purely a firmware difference.
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Quote from jack250 View quoted comment :
I do not have any disk for now! who need this?
People that need this DO HAVE DISK and want to rip the content to a computer so they can stream it at home and other locations without carrying the DISK around.
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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.
the whole thread is inane but whatever. Ppl talking about SCSI, CD-RW DVD's feels like time traveling.. That said I still hate Metallica for coming down hard on Napster . Haven't bought an audio tape for my Walkmen since then.
If anything this thread shows how diverse SD demographics is. Half the users have no idea what some of the devices listed here are.
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For anyone that wants to use this to playback blurays(not rip) on pc, you're gonna have a bad time with bluray drm.
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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
Ripping = making copies for own use
Pirating = making copies for resale
There is no law to prevent ripping whatever you owned or rent. As long you don't resale / distribute it, it is NOT illegal.

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