Hitachi-LG BU40N Internal UHD Blu-Ray/DVD Drive/Burner, Slim 9.5 mm Rewriter for Laptop, Desktop PC, Windows 10 Compatible, Ultra HD 4K Playback, M-Disc Support (Bare Drive)

Comprato per sostituire masterizzatore originale (solo DVD e CD) del mio desktop ACER.Installato facimente e subito riconosciuto dal sistema.

Worked right away.Flashed right away with MakeMKV flasher.Plays 4k Blu-rays.Mine was brand new manufactured in 2021.

The dvd writer in my Dell laptop has been a bit unreliable since I bought it but as it was in constant use I couldn't send it back. I did also need a Blu Ray burner anyway. It is easy to install. Just one screw on the Dell to take out. The bezel from the old drive fits perfectly and it slotted in perfectly. In use as noted by other it can be little noisy when in play mode. However so far I have had no burn failures for CD DVD or Blu Ray disks unlike the other drive when I lost 1-4 disks in each weekly production run of about 10 disks. So far have been using 25gb 4x for BD. Write speeds are never up to max. Usually only half or less of stated disk. But that could be down to the Roxio software being cautious. I usually have found that Hitachi-LG optical drives to be reliable. So hopefully this will give good reliable service for a long as I need itUPDATE Yesterday was backing up data and began getting one disk failure after another. Also writing was only 2x max for 4x rated disk. Nor only that it about 2/3 through it dropped to 0.02x at times and took 2-3 hours per disk - if it finished them. It turned out to be the burning software (Roxio) was the culprit. When I used Nero the difference on the same disks was incredible. 4x consistent write, data checked and so far all 3 disks OK. It might be some settings in Roxio needed to be tweaked not sure. SO conclusion is that if you are having problems with disk write failures check first for fingerprints on disk (might have been problem) or try seeing if tweaks in burn software will help or try using different software or upgrade software. Apart from that one glitch the drive has been working perfectly since.

Lg bu40n se envía en bolsa de plástico dentro de la caja de cartón de amazon. Decir que para mi es la mejor grabadora de discos 4K, ni un solo fallo en ninguna de mis copias de seguridad con makemkv. Eso si hay que hacerle el downgrade del firmware. Muy contento con esta pequeña y silenciosa grabadora.

This drive can natively read UHD Blu-rays which is a huge plus. Worked great with MakeMKV on Windows.