LG Electronics WH16NS40 16X Blu-ray/DVD/CD Multi compatible Internal SATA Rewriter Drive, BDXL, M-DISC Support, Black

No surprise here. I had hoped it might work on the XP side of my PC, but I knew it likely would only work on the Windows 7 side. XP doesn’t even recognize the drive. Keep in mind that Windows 7 and newer don’t show an optical drive if there is no media in it. So if it doesn’t appear on the GUI after install, try inserting any optical disc into it. Bought this to burn Blu-Ray discs, and it has performed adequately. It doesn’t come with software, so you may have to buy software to read Blu-Ray media as older software might only read DVD formats. LG makes solid hardware, so I’m confident I will be quite happy with this product.

Amazon didn't have any brand new LG BLU-RAY burners in stock, but they did have some used ones from their refurbished department do I decided to get. I figured if it didn't work or was having issues it'd be easier to return it to Amazon for a refund since they were on the ones that sold and shipped it. When I got it the burner was in great shape and when I tested the burner it worked fine without any odds noises or other issues. I don't play BLU-RAY disks the most, but now I have something that I can play CDs, DVDs and BLU-RAY disks. I can also burn disks and copy my original disks so they stay in good shape. If you use a program like DVDFab you can downgrade your firmware to make this drive 4k friendly. Using this drive unlocked with a program like MakeMVK you can copy literally any disk format.

Paired this drive with the Unitek SATA to USB 3.0 adapter model Y-3324 and is working flawlessly with it. I was able to flash it for use with Makemkv using the SDFTool Flasher in order to be able to read 4k Blu-rays. I have not had any issue reading normal 1080p BDs, 4k BDs, and even DVDs (god they look terrible on modern displays) but there is the option for the old schools that still use DVDs. The read speeds I don't have any complain about it, using the Unitek adapter I am getting speeds of 12-35 MB/s using the back I/O panel of my desktop computer. Of course the back panel must have USB 3.0 or greater to achieve those speeds.Overall I am satisfied with this little boy and for anyone looking for using MakeMKV, I highly recommend buying this drive and once it is flashed to the 1.02 MK version, it is a breeze porting your physical Blu-Ray and 4Ks library into the digital format.

Well, this isn't a fancy piece of tech and no one would jump in joy for the sight of an optical drive these days. It just does its job and does it well. I bought it several years ago and so far had no issues.If you buy an optical drive in the 2020s it makes no sense to buy a DVD drive and not pay those few extra bucks and get a Blu-Ray drive instead. This drive is really not expensive and will allow you to watch HD movies on your PC, as well as burn BD-R discs with up to 50GB of storage on a single disc. It is, of course, backwards compatible with both CD and DVD for both reading and writing."Easy to install" gets 3/5 just because it's an internal drive and you will need to open the computer's case to install it, however that goes for any internal drive, it's not like this specific model has a different installation method. Also note that many newer computer cases don't have 5.25'' drive bays anymore, so make sure your computer has one before you order any internal drive.A few extra things that aren't part of the official specs but would be interesting for some:Pros:* Reads Playstation 3 discs - One of the very few models that is able to ready original PS3 game discs. If you happen to have a PS3 with a broken drive, you can use this to create ISOs of said games on your computer.* Can be flashed with LibreDrive firmware and used with MakeMKV or AnyDVD HD to read UHD movies. Note that this would probably void your warranty.Cons:* No bitsetting support for DVD+R - That could be an issue if you have an old standalone DVD player that refuses to play burned discs. Bitsetting is a method to fool such players into thinking that a DVD+R disc is a pressed DVD-ROM, but unfortunately this drive doesn't support it, even with firmware updates.

Installed this drive on a Windows 11 system and it worked flawlessly. If you don't see it on your drives list, just put a disc in it and it will appear. I was able to use it with MakeMKV and followed the instructions to downgrade the firmware so that it can be used to rip my 4K discs.

The drive is great. Plugs right in using SATA data and SATA power cables. Drop-in replacement for my old DVD drive on my computer. I was a little worried about cooling as my computer is quite old and doesn't have a ton of cooling power, but the drive doesn't generate noticeably more heat than my old DVD drive.All the reviews mentioning firmware rollback - I can verify this works well. I did it on a headless Ubuntu server and it also works seamlessly, though you'll need to lookup the flatpak commands on a different site than MakeMKV. I have not encountered the known read bug where it doesn't read anymore after sitting for >2 minutes, but it does make odd noises while seeking occasionally. It's worked for 17 Blu-rays and 3 UHD discs. Very happy with my purchase, and would certainly buy again.