Data quality / backup quality - DVD + BL --- Buying drives

CD, DVD and (Ultra HD) Blu-ray Writers
#1

Hello everyone!

I want to buy a DVD+BL burner to burn my family photos and some other stuff.

I want to burn some smaller batch on M-Disk DVD, and more bulkier stuff on M-Disk Blue ray disk.

I thought on buying an LG BH16NS55.AUAR10B, it can burn both M-disk DVD and BL disks too.

I want to check my burned disks, I dont want to find out 10 years from now that some part of the disks are unreadable… What else do I need to accompish this?

Do I need a scan drive or by using Quality Verbatim M-Disks I can rest assured that the disks are quality?
How can I check the written data? I want to check every disk I burn.

#2

What should that be?
DVD+BL is no format. In case you mean Blu-ray then BD is correct shortterm.
Most discs/data will not “live” that long.

#3

My fault, sry :slight_smile:
I truly meant BD :smiley:

I want a burner to write M-Disks, both DVD and BD format.

#4

I have DVD media that were burned almost 15 years ago and they “live” fine.

#5

Proves really not much in conclusion!

I’ve enough CD-R burnt 23 years ago and they are good, even their content is VERIFIED using advanced scanning methods.

#6

The drive is good, have one myself.
I am not sure about CD AND DVD M-Disc write support.

Another thing is reliable disc scanning… maybe better achievable with an Liteon BD drive.

#7

Daaaaamn, you are right!!
I was browsing and searching for so long i was confused :smiley:

Witch whould you recommend? LG BH16NS40 Or LG WH16NS40?

Both are available, thou the BH is a returned item and costs 25$ less

#8

I have the BH16NS40 and can recommend it, it´s better than the BH16NS55, at least in my experience

The WH16NS40 should have the same hardware, so I can´t say a difference between this two models

Here´s a discussion

#9

There are at least two very different hardware revisions of that drive!
The drives manufactured from 2015 onwards should be hardware revision 2 which is able to be patched to read/rip UHD Blu-Rays. They come with “SVC code: NS50” on the drive sticker.
BH* and WH are equal drives, WH is OEM/bulk and the BH version should be retail.

#10

Different revisions should be available with both drives (WH and BH).

Maybe also depend on country which drives available, in Germany it´s most BH, WH is only available here via some dealers from other countries

#11

Yeah, that was not questioned, but you didnt point out the different drive revisions that exist. :wink:
The earlier ones are manufactured prior 2015 and those with SVC5x after that.
That is an inevitable fact for those who want to play/rip Ultra HD Blu-ray discs.

I assume SVC stands for “Service Vendor Component” and not “Service Component” as someone ealier posted in this forum.

#12

TBH, I´m not so familar with all these revisions but I think I saw a lot of discussions here.

Still don´t have UHD-discs, but I guess my BU40N could read em

#13

Yeah, thats probably the case.
Sorry, I think I’ve misunderstood you, you surely meant the differences between BH and WH drives and I thought you meant the difference between 14NS* and 16NS* drives. :wink:

#14

Could be :wink:

14NS-drives are legacy, bought my 16NS40 in 2013

#15

I have ordered the WH14NS40 version, I hope it will be great :slight_smile:

Thank you everyone !

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#16

Can I do BD Quality checks with the Lite-On iHAS124B drive? Or only DVD quality checks? I intend to do BD quality checks too.

It has the iXtreme Burner Max firmware, it is currently available, promised to be in like-new condition.

Or I can get the following for 1/3 price:
iHAS122-14
iHDS118-04
iHAS124-14

#17

AFAIK, this drive is CD & DVD only, no BD part included.
http://www.liteonodd.com/en/dvd-internal/item/dvdinternal/ihas-124.html

#18

Yeah, it’s an official UHD drive. :wink:

UHD official drives:
LG BU40N(internal slim/laptop)

#19

Yep, and the only one which is available here for a good price in Germany. And it´s a very good BD-writer.

I guess the UHD-discussion for BH16NS55 and the Asus-clone leads to confusion. At Amazon one user asks about the stock FW

#20

…and few people greedy enough try to make money out of other work - as always - disgusting!
Just look at ebay and ebay kleinanzeigen i.e. :frowning:

As for the BU40N, looks like I have to check it out too! Would be an exception compared to all those other slimtype and super-slimtype drives.
Thanks Tester_1!