Hey guys, I am new to the AnyDVD forums, but just started on my journey of backing up my 4k UHD discs for local playback on my shield. Before I even knew what a "UHD Friendly" drive was, I just went to Best Buy and bought an external blu-ray drive thinking it would just work, back when I use to backup regular blu-rays. ( My old ASUS regular blu-ray drive was mfg in 2010, and I ripped hundreds and hundreds of discs with that back in the day.)
Anyway back to the new 4k drive, I ended up getting the LG BP50NB40 w/svc code NB52. I ended up finding out I had to flash the firmware ( through the makemkv forums, and while this drive does read UHD disc's, its labeled on their forums as "Officalish". Some of my UHD discs burn/rip w/o issue or any errors. But then, I throw in a new 4k movie, like I just got today ( 4 pack of Star Trek UHD Movies ), and when just trying to rip it to mkv, I get all kinds of A/V sync issues, like over 60 show up will ripping. IDK if this is because these disc's are so new, or if its my "officalish" drive. I am thinking about returning it and getting a BU40n as it seems to be the premier choice for makemkv anyway.
My BP50NB40 ended up getting flashed to a BP60NB10 1.00-MK firmware, and that seemed to unlock its ability.
My question is tho, would I have a higher success rate / less of these av/sync issues going with a LG BU40N?
Or perhaps a pioneer drive that just works, like this one:
Pioneer BDR-XD07UHD - It kind of would be nice not to have to flash this drive, that way if you ever have to RMA it, the warranty isn't toast.
What's the community's thoughts?
Thanks