VerbatimBlu-Ray DVD-Drive 43888 - External - Black

I bought 3 of these. All lg not pioneer. Great reliable drives. Bu40n. Had to flash it to 1.03mk and then to de 1.00 to get full original unpatched rom installed. For 4k reliable ripping. Perfect great drives. 0 failures when burning discs. Have to do a bit of work to get it going. All info at makemkv website. Very easy yo flash. very reliable and 0 problems so far. buy one. Wish it was a pioneer is my only complaint.

I've had a few external DVD drives over the years including a full size external LG drive and up until recently it's been doing me fine, but it stopped agreeing with my Macbook recently and was taking up space and a plug socket. This drive fit the bill - USB-C (so it would run fine off one cable), blu-ray capable, slimline, and LibreDrive compatible for MakeMKV. And it works great! I spent a few days backing up all of my discs that I've got on my shelf and it chewed through them all no problem. Even read some scratched up ones just fine.Only thing is that due to ridiculous DRM requirements it's highly unlikely that I'll be able to play UHD 4K Blu-Rays using this drive, but it's not the drive's fault. Intel only included the extensions to play them in 6th to 10th generation processors, and the only systems I have are before or after that point (4th and 12th). My other systems are all AMD so I'm squit out of luck there. MakeMKV should make short work of that though, with any luck.

Decent slim design, works perfectly, smooth operation . Highly recommend.

The internals of the drive I received on 20/03/25 are LG BU40N which is good and bad, (it used to be Pioneer) and renders most previous reviews null and void however what you wanted to do with it is still possible with some extra steps and the BU40N is said to be a stronger drive too.My only gripe would be that it’s not made clear by the seller that the product has effectively changed.Mine is currently reading a big disk at 6X and I can definitely hear it, very happy it works well!!

Ease of use faultless

I was looking forward to using this product as the majority of reviews were good.2 things though:1. It does not work straight out of the box and you will need to spend time and effort locating a decent "free" software to be able to watch Blu-Ray movies using this product. No way am I spending even more for another product to make this one work2. After all of that I tried watching a Blu-Ray movie. It started to play fine and then the movie froze and then the drive started making an awful noise. Closed everything down and ejected my disc to check it. My disc was partially SNAPPED in the centre!!!There was nothing wrong with the disc before I started, as I always eyeball the disc to make sure it is clean and free of scratches before putting it into any type of player—it was pristine! This player ended up costing me one of my favourite family movies, and my autistic son is melting down over it being broken, so now I need to order a new one for both of us.In conclusion, if you want to pay £90 for this product to snap your discs then this is the product for you, otherwise, avoid it like the plague. The fallout I am now experiencing is not worth it and this is being returned for a full refund.

I've experienced zero issues with this external Blu-ray drive so far. It's proven to be a reliable workhorse for backing up my media library. Its seamless compatibility with MakeMKV has made the process smooth and efficient

Bought this after reading a lot of reviews on it. Rips everting you throw at it. Great bit of kit