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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.

Thanks to community member 49studebaker 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 SubZero5 | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • This price matches the previous +133 FP deal.
    • Please see original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
  • About this product:
    • Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars w/ over 4,000 Amazon customer reviews.
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jkilez
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In case anyone is interested, this is a UHD friendly drive, and with a firmware downgrade it can read 4K discs.
William0722
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For people like myself that are tired of paying for too many streaming services but like the convenience of opening an app to play my media, I use this drive to rip my DVDs, Blu Rays, and UHD Blu ray and store the media on a NAS to watch on JellyFin.
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Adjusted for inflation, $35 in 2016 is $44 in 2024. The current price is not to far away from the all time lowest price.

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Quote from VioletCaption5716 :
Which firmware? Where?
Check make MKV specifically the UHD drives forum.
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Quote from Nwong7 :
Anyone use any kind of external like this for mac? Want to see how well it'll work, so I can get rid of my old Win tower.
I use this drive on a Mac.
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Quote from DataJager :
I just want to know, who is buying this in 2024, and what are you doing with it?
Not trolling, just honestly curious about physical media.
Maybe you're backing up home movies, maybe you have years of tv shows you want to store on blu-ray, I don't know.
Samesies as others wrote. I rip my discs to watch on plex. All the new and relevant content is plentiful. . . .now. . .. but that obscure movie or show you like will probably not be available soon. Is any classic warner brothers film on netflix? Can you fire up Casablanca on netflix and enjoy an old movie (if you wanted to?)
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Quote from LtBest :
Samesies as others wrote. I rip my discs to watch on plex. All the new and relevant content is plentiful. . . .now. . .. but that obscure movie or show you like will probably not be available soon. Is any classic warner brothers film on netflix? Can you fire up Casablanca on netflix and enjoy an old movie (if you wanted to?)
I only have Casablanca on BetaMax. This won't read that tape. Frown (But did see it on Prime)
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MWinkFeb 04, 2024 03:24 AM
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Quote from gamingdroid :
Out of curiosity, why use the MKV container format?

Does it retain the features and quality of the content?
MKV is a versatile, well supported container. It can hold a large variety of video, audio, and subtitle formats. Other container formats tend to be more restrictive, at least in theory.

Quote from BuyMoreChuck :
Do the lasers on the drive degrade over time like a smoke detector? In other words, if the drive is an older drive will it naturally go bad over time?
In my experience, optical drives of all types do tend to degrade over time, especially when in a PC. It may simply be due to dust getting into the components. I'll also note that I seem to have burned out the Blu-Ray laser in one of these drives. All was fine, then it just stopped reading, right in the middle of a disc. The drive would never recognize another Blu-Ray again. It still works fine for CDs and DVDs. It wasn't that old but did have a fair bit of use.

Quote from TheEdge :
Quality? Yes. Features? That's up to you. With MakeMKV, you can tell it which chapters/audio tracks/caption languages to include... and it rolls them all up into a single file. It's been a long time since I used MakeMKV, but that's how I remember it.

Typically, most people rip all of the chapters from the main program... their audio flavors of choice (to cover your bacon, typically all of them). Bonus features, etc. are typically ripped as a separate file.

If one wanted to, they could take the MKV and then run it through Handbrake or other programs to apply H264/H265 compression (that, if done correctly and at high bitrate is hardly noticeable to most people), but if you want the most pristine copy, you would just take your MKV file and leave it.
Technically, Blu-Rays are already compressed with AVC (H.264) or VC-1 at a high bitrate. UHD discs are compressed with HEVC (H.265). But yes, you can use something like Handbrake to further compress them.

Quote from Hyrax :
Uncompressed audio is hard to find
There's not much point to uncompressed audio. Something like FLAC gives you compression, while still remaining lossless. FLAC isn't that hard to find.

Quote from chippy111 :
No … just expensive compared to free makemkv
Unless things have changed, MakeMKV isn't free either (though I still prefer it). The trial version of MakeMKV is free and can be perpetually updated for ripping DVDs but only temporarily allows free ripping of Blu-Rays.
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Quote from MWink :
MKV is a versatile, well supported container. It can hold a large variety of video, audio, and subtitle formats. Other container formats tend to be more restrictive, at least in theory.



In my experience, optical drives of all types do tend to degrade over time, especially when in a PC. It may simply be due to dust getting into the components. I'll also note that I seem to have burned out the Blu-Ray laser in one of these drives. All was fine, then it just stopped reading, right in the middle of a disc. The drive would never recognize another Blu-Ray again. It still works fine for CDs and DVDs. It wasn't that old but did have a fair bit of use.



Technically, Blu-Rays are already compressed with AVC (H.264) or VC-1 at a high bitrate. UHD discs are compressed with HEVC (H.265). But yes, you can use something like Handbrake to further compress them.



There's not much point to uncompressed audio. Something like FLAC gives you compression, while still remaining lossless. FLAC isn't that hard to find.



Unless things have changed, MakeMKV isn't free either (though I still prefer it). The trial version of MakeMKV is free and can be perpetually updated for ripping DVDs but only temporarily allows free ripping of Blu-Rays.
Permanent key to make mkv is $60.

It's well worth the 60 bucks, and supports the developers.
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Quote from MWink :
Unless things have changed, MakeMKV isn't free either (though I still prefer it). The trial version of MakeMKV is free and can be perpetually updated for ripping DVDs but only temporarily allows free ripping of Blu-Rays.
MakeMKV has always been perpetually free. Just go to the website once per month to get the new activation key for the program.
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Quote from MWink :
Unless things have changed, MakeMKV isn't free either (though I still prefer it). The trial version of MakeMKV is free and can be perpetually updated for ripping DVDs but only temporarily allows free ripping of Blu-Rays.
Can you explain that last part?
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Quote from William0722 :
For people like myself that are tired of paying for too many streaming services but like the convenience of opening an app to play my media, I use this drive to rip my DVDs, Blu Rays, and UHD Blu ray and store the media on a NAS to watch on JellyFin.
If you have a full home theater system, try Zidoo player. I have not tried JellyFin, but I will never go back to Plex. zidoo can play back all HDR10+ and Dolby vision with lossless sound.
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Quote from 49studebaker :
What features do you lose when downgrading the firmware?
Downgrading re enables the ability to read UHD discs that newer firmwares remove
Last edited by DharmaBummed69 February 3, 2024 at 09:30 PM.
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daogmackFeb 04, 2024 05:39 AM
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Does anyone use this on Windows 11 PC? Just curious if you have to purchase other software to be able to rip the movies?
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Wow! People still rips movies? Rentals are cheaper than a coffee.
Rentals have always been cheaper than a good cup of coffee.

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