LG Electronics BDXL Drive - External, Black (WP50NB40)

Package arrived as described in excellent condition. Works great as far as I can tell and I’m satisfied with my purchase.

***Final Update*** Make MKV and Handbrake = the way to go when you want the best quality ripping. **Further Update** DOES NOT support 4k. **A little bit of an update** Great little device, you can't go wrong, unless your ONLY purpose is to RIP Blu-Rays and want to dish out another couple hundred for an ASUS 6x ripper AND have a CPU that can support that speed. Second counter to negative reviews: The longevity. Don't try to RIP multiple files at once, or yes, your device will last about 2 days. RIP only 1 file at a time. Third counter to negative reviews: Software. To RIP Blu-Rays you have 3 real choices of software: - 1st: Handbrake or VLC These are free but do not support encrypted Blu-Ray movies. - EasyFab Inexpensive for lifetime use, easy to use, simple interface, useful tools. Doesn't do HVEC (x265) encoding which is far superior to x264, doesn't crop videos, doesn't support latest NVIDIA's gimmicky hardware, and doesn't do 4k rips. - DVDFab Feels like pirated software with Wukong ( a Chinese deity that is like a cross between Satan and Loki ) as a logo and a clunky/bloated interface. However, this will encode in x265, does support NVIDIA's gimmicky hardware, does rip 4k, does auto iTunes tagging that is mostly correct, does auto crop that is usually okay, and does bypass any and all encryptions. The problem is, it's Chinese, their terms of service blatantly tells you they will sell your information to shady people, and it's hella expensive at 140 bucks. Best Tool for iTunes Tagging and DVD Rips: Hands down: Aimersoft Ultimate No other tool comes close. This is beyond comparison the best bang for the buck video software that is on the market. Excellent tools, useful options, clean interface, good support, and inexpensive for what you get. Just make sure you set in the preferences to convert only 1 file at a time, if you are RIPPING a DVD. Best video players for playing Blu-Rays - VLC is the open-source one that everyone loves - Gom is the one I like. Gom has annoying ads, but more than makes up for it in useful tools, customization and out-of-the box support for video and audio formats. A firewall solved my ad problem with Gom.

This unit replace an identical one that worked for many years, but started having errors. The prior version of this BD disk writer had been used for many years to make backup disks of important documents that we store in a safe deposit box at our bank. This replacement model writes data disks without errors. It is not high speed, but that is why it can write over 100,000 data files in one copy job without errors. It is important to use two USB ports to provide sufficient power without errors, I find that a USB 3 link for the data port and a USB wall charger for extra power works best. Do NOT install or use the software that is included with the device. Use the built-in driver and disk writing app on your PC/laptop for writing and reading disks.

I bought this to watch Blu Rays on my new 4K computer monitor. It works for that, but not perfectly. It's loud with weird whines when it first starts reading a disc. This goes away and it's much quieter once a movie starts, but it will occasionally have a read problem where your movie stutters. So I don't love this for watching movies, but it's been great at reading and ripping them to my hard drive. I also haven't tried burning any discs with it, since I have no need to (and likely never will). If you want a decent player for watching movies on your computer, prepare to pay triple what this one costs. Had I done a little more research, I'd have gone for a much higher-end (and much more expensive) player.

Arrived refurbished, but drive worked well out the box with our Windows 11 system. Reading and playing worked flawlessly. It is fairly compact and compatible with this years worst software update.

This drive does everything you’d expect it to do. You plug in both usb ports (one for power, the other for data) and your off to the races. However, its ripping potential is amazing. Not only can you rip Blu-Rays, but you actually CAN RIP 4K UHD Blu-Rays. Despite another review saying you can’t, you actually can. All you need to do is to use SDFTool Flasher, follow the steps on the MakeMKV UHD drive (or a video tutorial for this drive.) and boom, you can rip pretty much CDs, DVDs, Blu-Rays, and 4K UHD Blu-Rays. For the price, it’s completely worth it.

It randomly opens the tray and stops the burning process, and it also simply disconnects from my PC at random, also interrupting my burning. I was at work waiting for one of my discs to burn and nobody was here, I found the disc drive open for no reason and my burn was interrupted. Other comments have pointed out the compatibility issues, and the cord is far too short. But most importantly, it simply doesn't work. It also advertises as coming with a burning software but it does not. Do not buy this product under any circumstances.

I bought this to rip 4k UHD movies for my personal collection. Please not that if you are buying it for this reason you will have to alter the firmware. but once you do it is a great drive and it has work flawlessly since purchase, it's not the fastest out there but it get the job done

So far so good. Can backup all media including 4k with an firmware update.

Incluye su software el cual mejora la calidad de imagen muy nítida de los discos blu-ray, no se traba en lo absoluto muy fluido, recomendado al 100%

You know it's becoming harder and harder to find these external drives made by a company you know and can trust. I paid a little more, but it works as intended with no problems and I feel good about it

works great and for personal use for ripping movies u own for a home server it does great u can install makemkv firmware if u want 4k rips. if u have scratched movies that are Blu-ray they don't rip as well if there more then 1 layer.

El software incluido es muy limitado en su función