expired49studebaker posted Feb 03, 2024 12:18 AM
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expired49studebaker posted Feb 03, 2024 12:18 AM
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.
Thanks to community member 49studebaker for sharing this deal.
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Thanks to community member 49studebaker for sharing this deal.
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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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- 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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- If you're not a student, there's also a free 1-Month Amazon Prime trial available.
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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:
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.
- About this store:
- Don't have Amazon Prime? Students can get a free 6-Month Amazon Prime trial with free 2-day shipping, unlimited video streaming & more.
- If you're not a student, there's also a free 1-Month Amazon Prime trial available.
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Model: LG Electronics 14x SATA Blu-ray Internal Rewriter without Software, Black (WH14NS40)
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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.
Thank you!
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Here are my reasons (which I'm sure you undoubtedly already considered, but for discussions sake):
a) Physical media takes a lot of space and creates clutter. Collects dust, increase cost for storage, maintenance and also creates pollution to manufacture (although the latter is arguable as some studies indicate digital is worse 🤷 ♂️).
b) Physical media also essentially become obsolete in some cases, such as DVDs are replaced by Blu-Ray and then again by UHD Blu-Ray. If I watch something again, I want to watch it at the best fidelity reasonably available to me.
c) Software in particular is problematic, because the buy once model means it eventually stops getting support. Security updates, new features or even have an save/export file format that is no longer supported. It may stop functioning on the latest OS and etc.
d) For streaming services like Netflix, there's a lot of surprise content that I wouldn't have bought otherwise, but end up loving. I watch a lot of Korean shows now, which I never thought I would like. I would probably never have bought it, but now I might.
Of course, the down side is with subscription or online streaming, you're at the mercy of the provider. There really should be laws to protect consumer content, and even transfer rights. Xbox One launch back in 2013 tried something like that to an extent and was met with a crap-storm of shortsightedness so we're stuck with the status quo.
So I've resorted to getting comfortable with content loss risk (which is likely extremely rare and hopefully stays that way) for the convenience and increased life quality.
I've also been rethinking how my hoarding/collection habits in terms of my mortality. To try to enjoy in the moment rather than worry about the future, or lament the past.
B) Agian, once ripped, you can convert if to the latest and greatest, but it's 99% not needed... Ever.
C) See "B"... But also, once ripped, not a problem migrating to newer software, especially with open source apps and the fans that make them.
D) Sure, but internet searches work to discover new media to consume as well... Such as movie reviews on rotten tomatoes, etc. Also a counter point... Besides streaming services like Netflix, Disney, etc removing content at random. They've also been censoring original versions or making slight changes to erase cinematic history. Beyond that, they've already started inserting updated ads or adding commercials into services... This will not stop and only get worse. I'll keep ripping my physical media to avoid such horrors. This is happening far more often than you seem to understand.
But.. You do you.
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Somehow I got on a thread about UHD readers and it took me to the MakeMKV site, where it gave the dream of reading 4K natively using the same hardware, but just by updating the firmware. This sounded great and right up my alley.
I began reading, and reading, and reading, and reading. I thought I had all the details I needed to make the move, so I did. It was magnificent! ... until I realized the device cannot read anything anymore (not even CDs).
I then began trying to fix it over the course of a year (can't dedicate every waking moment to figuring out how to fix it). However, just recently, I decided the amount of flashing I have done on the drive to revert the drive back to OEM standards was not going to fix it. I had to let it go.
I tell this story to make sure those who purchase it know the limitations and possible disasters of attempting to modify the drive (if possible) to add the UHD functionality (if it doesn't come pre-flashed).
For those wondering what I missed (or did wrong), here is what I believe happened:
1. My drive was a 2012 drive, but in the directions (that I missed), it doesn't support drives earlier than 2015.
2. I don't know what I did with the original flash backup. It may have failed and I just thought "lets just do it anyway", but I should have been able to go back if I had the original flash backup.
3. While reading, I didn't read enough. I should have read more..
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See: MakeMKV UHD Drive Flashing Guide [makemkv.com]
Not all of it. The site is down now but I have an old screenshot. Here's part of what it says:
"MakeMKV contains both freeware and shareware functionality... Converting or streaming Blu-ray discs is shareware functionality. You can use shareware functionality for free during 30-days trial period."
As I mentioned, it's possible this policy has changed but this is how it used to be.
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See: MakeMKV UHD Drive Flashing Guide [makemkv.com]
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