BW-16D1Ht - Ultra-Fast 16X Blu-Ray Burner With M-Disc Support, Black

Got it from Amazon Resale for less than 120AED! At first I was skeptical due to the low price. I even recorded the unboxing in case the item inside the box was beaten up, or if the drive inside the box was a different model. Lo and behold it's actually an Asus BW-16D1HT. Still doubtful, I connected it to my PC. Had some issues with the cable/connector. Seemed to be that some plastic bit was blocking the SATA power connector. Pushed it a little bit, turned on the PC and Windows 11 sees the bluray drive. I don't have a UHD bluray disc nor M-disc, so I cannot comment if those work. It is a bit noisy though. CD: Works DVD: not yet checked Bluray: Works UHD Bluray: unknown M-Disc: not checked

good product

As an avid user of optical drives for ripping, burning and backing up, this drive is fast. Unfortunately, it's not accurate and I've gotten more than a fair share of reading and writing errors. This was confirmed when I decided to test the drive for sustained reading, writing and errors and man what a damning revelation. Its no good. Asus, you need to change your OEM, even if it's LG.

This is my second purchase of ASUS BW-16D1HT device in my life (and I even have one, also great LG WH16NS60 device), and I do not have any complaints with both of those devices at all!!! Now, for the ASUS BW-16D1HT device in particular, it is officially by ASUS corp. fully Microsoft Windows 10 and Microsoft Windows 11 compatible device and do not require any additional driver installations or any similar, so just install it in your Desktop computer or in your 5.25" external case, and go. Yes, you need to additionally get/purchase a really good and versatile CD/DVD/Blu-Ray/ Millenniata (M-DISC) burning software here, like for e.g. Ahead Nero 2025, but this is quite logical here... I personally use this ASUS BW-16D1HT device for Backup purpose and to watch some bought Blu-ray discs in my house... Very reliable, good, quality product from ASUS corp. which is not a bulk product here at all - I get it from Amazon.com.be in its original ASUS box, and completely sealed!!! Inside this original box was even 4 screwdrivers to attach it in your computer case in an empty 5.25'' bay here, or in external 5.25" case. You will also get in this original box one ASUS Blu-ray optical media with optional software on it for your installations if you want: ASUS E-Green v1.01.55 (2017) software which automatically optimizes this ASUS device power consumption and display detailed information on power saved and CO2 reduced using this ASUS device. On this ASUS Blu-ray optical media you will also find: Cyberlink Power2go v8 (2018) software which is for burning CD/DVD/BD disks..., and also Cyberlink Powerbackup v12 (2018) software for full backup of your devices, and Ahead Nero BackItUp v2017 (2017) software for full backup of your devices. You will also find some document papers in this ASUS box: ASUS Webstore for 12 months unlimited data amount online backup license paper, then Ahead Nero BackItUp Pro 6 months license paper, then ASUS Warranty Card in 19 languages paper, and finally the ASUS Quick Installation guide in 36 languages paper. ... And my finally note in this of my review: On 24 January 2025, the "Alpha Bet" reviewer on Amazon.com.be here write a really good and detailed review about this same ASUS BW-16D1HT device, and I am completely agreeing with him about everything that he wrote, it just confirms my all testing's of this device also.... Thank you for this great ASUS BW-16D1HT device product!

This is a great drive. Very fast. I already have similar slim Blu-ray burners but I had heard that these bigger, full size drives may soon be going to way of the Dodo bird as more manufacturers are stopping making them so I wanted to pick one up to make sure I had one before that happened. I'm glad I did. It performs significantly faster than even the best slim one (Pioneer) that I have for everything (reading/writing data CDs/DVDs, music CDs, etc.). I wound up throwing it into an external USB 3 enclosure and couldn't be happier.

Llegó rapido y en buenas condiciones dentro de su caja original, lo cual me dió mucha confianza, tambien, llego con proteccion dentro de la caja. funciona excelente, ya he quemado varios blu-ray

I bought two of these Blu Ray writers and installed them in two different computers (Windows 10 and 11). Windows recognized both of the drives, and automatically installed the necessary drivers. I was able to use both drives without installing any of the software that came with them. To test the drives, I inserted a Blu Ray M-Disc into one of them, and then saved about 20 gigabytes of data on it. Then I asked the computer to eject the disk. Next, I inserted the same disk into the Blu Ray drive in the second computer. It was able to read the data. It was also able to write additional data to the same disk. Out of curiosity, I also attempted to save some data to a blank CD-R disc, using this blu-ray drive, and that succeeded as well. The only shortcoming was that while Windows was able to correctly determine the amount of free space remaining on the M-disc, it greatly under-reported the amount of space that was already used. I believe this is the fault of Windows, not the drive. Based on my experience with these drives so far, I am very impressed with them, and I highly recommend them. To be clear, this review is about the ASUS BW-16D1HT blu ray writer. The M-Disc brand I used was the Verbatim BD-R 25GB 4X with Branded Surface - 25pk Spindle. The ASIN is B011PZALWA. I am using these M-Discs to archive important data. Verbatim claims that this type of disk is made with inorganic materials, so it resists deterioration and bit-rot for at least several centuries. Hence, it is far more durable than conventional DVD-R discs, which is why it is suitable for long-term data archiving.

PS3のディスクも読み込めます。 1年ほどいろいろな用途に使っていましたが、書き込み、読み込みのエラー等はなく、安定しています。 パッケージが英語で驚きましたが、最低限の英語が読める程度ならば問題ない程度だと思います。