Use email address below Andy.
Returning customers are eligible to receive 10% discount. Please contact the email address below for details
uhdfriendlydrives@gmail.com
"Pictures of Vantec 5.25" Enclosure & Slim Version. OWC Mercury Pro enclosures also in stock. Please see ebay links below. "
I am located in the United Kingdom and offer a worldwide service. I can deal with international shipping no problem.
All drives can be purchased via eBay. Please see links below.
Manners First, I would like to thank Mike Chen for letting me use his web page to advertise my services. The Products and services that I offer on this web page is not affiliated with MakeMKV. I would encourage anyone who uses MakeMKV to buy a licence and support the development of the MakeMKV application that we all love and use. This software is nothing short of amazing. If you are happy with the product and you can afford please donate to the development of the software.
A very special thank you to Mike, for allowing me to advertise my services.
All drives listed below are:
- Compatible with the following operating systems: Windows, Mac OS, Linux
Using MakeMKV with my Pre-flashed drives, you can do the following:
- Reads DVD and Blu-ray discs.
- Reads Blu-ray discs protected with latest versions of AACS and BD+
- Preserves all video and audio tracks, including HD audio.
- Preserves chapters information.
Preserves all meta-information (track language, audio type).
- Fast conversion - converts as fast as your drive can read data.
- No additional software is required for conversion or decryption.
- Functionality to open DVD discs.
- All features (including Blu-ray decryption and processing)
- Loaded with 4K UHD / LibreDrive compatible firmware.
- Able to backup (rip) and burn all matter of 5.25" physical media (CD, DVD, Blu-Ray, 4K UHD Blu Ray)
"Products that I offer on eBay. Details & descriptions below"
Vantec Slim Sata Optical Enclosure NST-510S3-BK with available Drives Below
LG-BU40N v1.03MK UHD Friendly Blu-ray Drive / Slim Vantec External Enclosure https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264849119450
Vantec USB 3.0 External Slim Enclosure fitted with an official LG-BU40N on Firmware version 1.03MK LibreDrive enabled. This Firmware is especially written by Mike Chen to support his world-renowned software program (MakeMKV) which is now the market leader in this sector.
I have had great success with this new 2020 model which comes standard on v1.03 firmware. Once flashed via USB to Mike's v1.03MK LibreDrive firmware the drive works flawlessly and coupled with the Vantec Slim makes a brilliant combination.
The Hitachi LG-BU40N is compatible with Mac OS, Windows and Linux. This firmware was written specifically for the software MakeMKV and is only compatible with MakeMKV and no other programs
Vantec USB 3.0 External Slim Enclosure fitted with an official LG-BU40N on Firmware version 1.00.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264839363190
Also for compatibility and DVDfab support I have had great success with this new 2020 model which comes standard on v1.03 firmware. Once flashed to firmware v1.00 the drive works flawlessly and coupled with the Vantec Slim makes a brilliant combination.
The Hitachi LG-BU40N is compatible with Mac OS, Windows and Linux. The firmware v1.00 works with DVDfab and MakeMKV. This firmware is still a firm favourite with some customers.
Drives below available with Enclosures
LG-BU40N v1.03mk UHD Friendly Blu-ray Drive / Slim Vantec External Enclosure
Compatible with: (MakeMKV)
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264849119450
LG-BU40N v1.00 UHD Friendly Blu-ray Drive / Slim Vantec External Enclosure
Compatible with: (MakeMKV, DVDfab & DeUHD)
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264839363190
ASUS BW-16D1HT, Firmware 3.10mk, in Vantec 5.25", 4K, UltraHD, UHD Friendly!
Compatible with: (MakeMKV & AnyDVDHD)
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264845301306
ASUS BW-16D1HT, Firmware 3.01DE, in Vantec 5.25", 4K, UltraHD, UHD Friendly!
Compatible with: (MakeMKV, DVDfab & AnyDVDHD)
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265002596179
LG-BH16NS55 V1.02DE UHD Friendly Blu-ray Drive with Vantec Enclosure
Compatible with: (MakeMKV, DVDfab, ANYDVDHD & DeUHD)
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264886555143
BH16NS55 with WH16NS60 FW v1.02mk in Vantec 5.25", 4K, UltraHD, UHD Friendly!
Compatible with: (MakeMKV)
(MakeMKV Support) No Sleep Bug & Super Fast Drive
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264922409075
LG-BH16NS40 Cross-Flashed LG-WH16NS60 V1.02MK UHD Friendly Blu-ray Drive with Vantec Enclosure
Compatible with: (MakeMKV) Super-fast Drive & No Sleep Bug!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264951023079
LG-BH16NS40 Cross-Flashed LG-WH16NS60 V1.00DE UHD Friendly Blu-ray Drive with Vantec Enclosure
Compatible with: (MakeMKV & DVDfab) Super-fast Drive & No Sleep Bug!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264839730897
OWC Mercury Pro With ASUS BW-16D1HT V3.10MK, 4K, UltraHD, UHD Friendly Drive
Compatible with: (MakeMKV & AnyDVDHD)
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264921005074
OWC Mercury Pro With ASUS BW-16D1HT V3.01DE, 4K, UltraHD, UHD Friendly Drive
Compatible with: (MakeMKV, DVDfab & AnyDVDHD)
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264993535053
OWC Mercury Pro With LG BH16NS40 with WH16NS60 FW v1.00DE, 4K UHD Friendly!
Compatible with: (MakeMKV & DVDfab)
(MakeMKV Support) No Sleep Bug & Super Fast Drive
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264838556561
OWC Mercury Pro With LG BH16NS55 Blu-ray drive firmware 1.02DE 4K, UltraHD
Compatible with: (MakeMKV, DVDfab, ANYDVDHD & DeUHD)
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264950703515
OWC Mercury Pro With LG BH16NS40 with WH16NS60 FW v1.02mk, 4K UHD Friendly!
Compatible with: (MakeMKV)
(MakeMKV Support) No Sleep Bug & Super Fast Drive
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264838555611
BH16NS55 with WH16NS60 FW v1.02mk, in OWC Mercury Pro, 4K, UltraHD, UHD Friendly
Compatible with: (MakeMKV)
(MakeMKV Support) No Sleep Bug & Super Fast Drive
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264922440116
OWC Mercury Pro With LG BH16NS55 with WH16NS60 FW v1.00DE, 4K UHD Friendly!
Compatible with: (MakeMKV & DVDfab)
(MakeMKV Support) No Sleep Bug & Super Fast Drive
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264880756289
Drive Only Without Enclosure
ASUS BW-16D1HT on Firmware version 3.10MK LibreDrive.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264927782646
ASUS BW-16D1HT on Firmware version 3.01DE LibreDrive.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264927742955
LG BH16NS55, Firmware, V1.02DE, 4K, UltraHD, UHD Friendly! Drive Only, DVDfab, MakeMKV & AnyDVDHD
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264922376128
Hitachi LG BH16NS55 Firmware v1.05MK Ultra HD UHD Friendly ( MakeMKV & AnyDVDHD Supported)
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264925364438
Hitachi LG BH16NS55 Cross-Flashed to WH16NS60 Firmware v1.02MK Ultra HD UHD Friendly
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264922350142
ASUS BC-12D2HT Firmware 3.11mk 4K Ultra HD UHD Friendly
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/26484086396 Not Available
LG-BH16NS40 with WH16NS60 FW v1.00DE, 4K, UltraHD, UHD Friendly! (Latest Model NS51. Look at Comparison with Original WH16NS60 https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic ... 16&t=21907
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264839840756
LG BH16NS40 with WH16NS60 FW v1.02mk, 4K, UltraHD, UHD Friendly! Drive Only (Latest Model NS51. Look at Comparison with Original WH16NS60 https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic ... 16&t=21907
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264839728319
ASUS BC-12D2HT with BW-16D1HT v3.10mk, 4K, UHD, Ultra HD Friendly! Drive Only (Note this combination will not burn BD Discs)
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264840861825 Not Available
Drive Adaptors
Vantec NexStar USB 3.0 to SATA 6Gbps Optical/Storage Adapter
Microsoft Windows 7/ 8.1/ 10
Mac OS X 10.6 and above
Linux OS
The NexStar USB 3.0 to SATA 6Gbps Optical/Storage Adapter is a simple solution to connect any existing SATA 5.25” Optical drive to your USB port. Optical Drives like Blu-Ray, DVDRW, DVD ROM, CDRW and CD ROM are perfect companion with this adapter. It is as simple as connecting up the unit to the adapter, power it ON and you have access to your Optical drive. You can even use this adapter for any 2.5”/3.5” SATA SSD/HDD and it will run at screaming speed with UASP support. This Optical/Storage adapter is perfect for any bare SATA storage drives that you like to get it connected.
This is a perfect tool for quick Plug and Play, hot-swapped between drives without opening your case, “NDN” (No Drivers Needed), and it works with common OS like Windows/OS X/Linux. This compact and lightweight design makes for easy storage and portability.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/264922010755
https://www.vantecusa.com/products_deta ... ccessories
My Services
Worldwide-30 Day Money Back Guarantee!!! The Guarantee covers the drive purchased from me and the firmware I supplied with the drive. The drive will be clearly labelled with firmware supplied and with unique eight-digit checksum. If the firmware is changed or modified from which I supply then warranty is void. I am happy to flash firmware remotely free of charge for my existing customers.
I pride myself on the quality of service and care, that I offer my customers. When you buy a drive from me. I offer a quality backup, service to my customers that is second to none.
Please read testimonials from my customers from link below?
https://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI. ... rid=asmcom
I would like to thank all my customers for their valued transactions.
I am Asmcom. My main purpose on this forum is to serve the MakeMKV community. I do this as a Hobby. I offer customers value for money and I also donate to charity.
"What My Customers Say About Me and My Service"
https://feedback.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAP ... nterval=30
A special thank you to Mike for his Technical know-how and amazing abilities, he is nothing short of a Genius. He enabled a 2019 model Hitachi LG-BU40N drive for me with (LibreDrive Firmware). This new firmware enabled the drive to allow people to back up their own personal 4K UHD disc collection among other options.
Special Offer!!!
BE14NU40 / BE16NU50 Refurbish and Service
These cases are fantastic. If your drive has failed. I can replace the internal drive with an ASUS BW-16D1HT.
I am also happy to replace the internal drive with whatever drive you prefer.
Flat Fee for refurbishment of each drive.
£60.00 plus delivery
[color=#000000]Shipping Rates Below:
UK Royal Mail 2nd Class Signed For (2 to 3 Working Days) £4.96 per Drive
UK Royal Mail 1st Class Signed For (1 to 2 Working Days) £11.95 Per Drive
World Wide Rates (Flat Rate)
Vantecs Enclosures and Drives:
Royal Mail International Tracked £21.65
OWC Mercury Enclosures and Drives UPS International Tracked £25.00 to £30.00
"What is LibreDrive?"
https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic ... 19&t=18856
The new safe method of Changing Firmware "Using Asus Modified Flasher"
Thanks to mike we now have an alternative method to flashing firmware read more about it here: https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic ... 16&t=18873
In some circumstances when Cross-Flashing and doing be-spoke firmware changes I would use command line raw flashing.
I would like to compliment my fellow seller Martymcnuts who developed the SDF Flasher which is an excellent tool and makes life easy for forum members.
Also Billycar11 has provided excellent technical guides and videos to help and assist forum members. So well done to my fellow sellers for their technological knowledge and their support to MakeMKV.
MakeMKV now supports official UHD drives such as LG WH16NS60, LG BU40N and others, which is currently being built on. Hopefully Mike will be adding on some new drives shortly
"Firmware Flashing"
Firmware Flashing advice free. I will do my best to point customers in the right direction as this is generally an easy task and one I do not like charging for.
Any questions or queries on firmware flashing please email me on
uhdfriendlydrives@gmail.com
I do this as a hobby and have priced the drives as keen as possible.
All drives are brand new and tested for 4K compatibility after the firmware has been changed. This drive has been removed from original packaging and connected to my PC to change the firmware to custom firmware which makes your drive able to read UHD discs.
Drives are tested by inserting a 4K disc, and back in the original packaging. Other than that, it is absolutely brand new. I cannot guarantee you will be able to plug this in and play a 4K disc on your PC. It will, however, READ them. Therefore, with additional software (NOT included in this auction), this drive can provide you options to rip, burn, copy, etc, giving the potential to change a 4K disc to a playable file format.
Also, for 4K playback the PC needs to have a motherboard, monitor and hardware that supports 4K playback as the drive is one part of the jigsaw.
All drives are carefully packed to ensure safe arrival. In the unlikely event you should receive a damaged or defective drive, a replacement drive will be sent in its place. If the drive is defective it must be returned within 30 days.
At the moment there are two types of BD drives that can read UHD discs. The two types of BD drives are official UHD drives and so-called UHD-friendly drives. The official UHD drives do implement AACS2 protection, which means that in order just to read the data from the disc the software must present the AACS2 host certificate.
"Questions & Answers"
Q: What Firmware will you flash my drive with?
A: I will discuss each order or query individually with you and make you aware of what options is available to you.
"Payment"
All Countries outside the UK, I accept PayPal payment at my PayPal email address as follows: uhdfriendlydrives@gmail.com
If you order via eBay then the payment transaction is by PayPal.
My eBay Username is "asmcom"
Please see my feedback on eBay https://feedback.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAP ... 2531.l4585
I can be contacted by Private message or by email at uhdfriendlydrives@gmail.com
Looking forward to helping and supporting the MakeMKV community
Drive Speed Comparison By Asmcom
(Look at incredible Speeds with Libre-Drive 6.0)
Hello Everyone,
I have been asked on numerous occasions by potential and current customers similar questions that keep coming up.
What is the best UHD Friendly drive? Or what is the quickest drive?
So, with isolation and time on my hands I thought it would be a good idea to post a topic on drive speed comparisons. I have carried out these comparisons all on a computer with the following specification:
Dell T7920 with Dual Intel Xeon 8168 2.70GHz Processors
256GB DDR4 RAM
P6000 24GB Graphics Card
Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit
Samsung 970 EVO Plus
All drives tested below, are connected by internal Sata connection.
Over the next few months I will add on to this and post new comparisons. Please feel free to contact me and request a particular drive selection that you would like me to run a comparison between. The first drive comparison I have carried out is a Hitachi LG-WH16NS40 firmware 1.02DE vs Hitachi LG-WH16NS60 firmware 1.00DE
Please see below the new Eurpoean BH16NS40 SVC Code NS51 Cross-Flashed to WH16NS60 1.02mk LibreDrive. I have ran this test 3 times with 3 different discs of the same movie title. The results are amazing to say the least. What Mike Chen has achieved is very impressive and this is stupendous leap for MakeMKV
The new Libre-Drive 6.0 using the BH-16NS40 SVC NS51 Cross-Flashed to WH16NS60 1.02mk is 29% faster than the older previous version of Libre-drive which I will call Libre-Drive 5.0. Absolutely amazing, well done Mike Chen!!
Hitachi LG-WH16NS40 firmware 1.02DE vs Hitachi LG-WH16NS60 firmware 1.00DE
ASUS BW-16D1HT firmware 3.10MK vs ASUS BC-12D2HT firmware 3.11MK
ASUS BW-16D1HT firmware 3.10MK vs Hitachi LG-BHNS55 firmware 1.04MK
ASUS BC-12D2HT v3.11mk Cross-Flashed to ASUS BW-16D1HT firmware 3.10MK vs Original ASUS BW-16D1HT firmware 3.10mk
A disadvantage of the Cross-Flashed BC-12D2HT is that you cannot burn BD discs. However if you are new to ripping movies and you are not worried about being able to burn BD discs, then this is an alternative solution. The ASUS BC-12D2HT is alot cheaper than the original BW-16D1HT. I have had no problems reading discs with this firmware variant.
Conclusion: As a second drive or a cheaper option. The BC-12D2HT Cross-Flashed to a BW-16D1HT might appeal to some.
Requested by Aloha: Hitachi LG-BH16NS40 Cross-Flashed to LG-WH16NS60 1.02mk VS Original LG-WH16NS60 1.02mk Optical Drive.
For avoidance of doubt and clarification. The test below was done with brand new discs, out of the box, as I purchased 5 of each movie title for testing purposes. Each disc was cleaned before testing as new discs sometimes have a layer of film on them. I repeated the test with a second new disc, however the results were the same.
Pictures below of original LG-WH16NS60 on Firmware 1.02mk
Pictures below of BH-WH16NS40 NS51 Cross Flashed on Firmware to WH-16NS60 1.02mk
The Comparison: Hitachi LG-BH16NS40 Cross-Flashed to LG-WH16NS60 1.02mk VS Original LG-WH16NS60 1.02mk Optical Drive.
Different Disc Same Story?
Conclusion:
You would be better saving your money. I will add second test for this drive shortly as I am amazed myself!!
Coming Soon
ASUS BW-16D1HT firmware 3.10MK vs Hitachi WH-16NS40 firmware 1.04MK
. Thanks Harry