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

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Operating System Windows 7/ Vista/ XP
Special Feature Blu-Ray Disc
Hardware Interface CD-R, CD-RW
Brand LG Electronics
Optical Storage Write Speed 48x (CD) / 16x (DVD±R) / 8x (DVD±R DL) / 16x (BD-R)

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  • Drive type Internal 16X Blu-ray Disc Rewriter, M-DISC Support. Access time : BD-ROM is 180 ms typ
  • Interface: SATA (SATA 1.1a), Buffer Memory: 4 MB
  • Operating System - Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8
  • Blu-Ray Disc, DVD and CD Family Read/Write Compatible, Write and Read Quad, Triple, Double Layer BD-R Discs
  • Sustained Rate: BD-ROM: 575.44 Mb/s (16x) max, DVD-ROM: 22.16 Mb/s (16x) max, CD-ROM: 7,200 Kb/s (48x) max
  • Compatibility: DVD+R, RW DVD-R, RW DVD-RAM, Blu-ray Disc
  • Operating System: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1
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Customer Ratings
Easy to install
4.7
4.5
4.8
Noise level
4.3
4.1
4.2
Tech Support
4.0
3.7
4.1
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hardware interface
cd-r, cd rw
sata 1 5 gb
sata 1 5 gb
sata 1 5 gb
cd-r, cd rw
cd-r
read speed
48x (CD) / 16x (DVD) / 12x (BD)
8x
BD-ROM:12x, DVD-ROM:16x,CD-ROM:48x
8x
8x
8x
write speed
48x (CD) / 16x (DVD±R) / 8x (DVD±R DL) / 16x (BD-R)
16x
BD-R: 16x, DVD-R: 16x, CD-R: 48x
16X
16x, 6x
hardware platform
PC
PC
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    Product Description

    LG Electronics WH16NS40 16X SATA Blu-ray Internal Rewriter, Face panel of actual product received may be slightly different from the image above.


    From the manufacturer

    LG WH16NS40 Super Multi Blue Internal SATA 16x Blu-ray Disc Rewriter - Features

    Superior data protection with M-DISC Support

    The M-DISCuses a patent rock-like recording surface instead of organic dye to etch your data onto a disc. The M-DISC has been tested and proven to outlast standard DVDs currently on the market.

    Silent Play

    The Silent Play technology helps reduce noise during playback by recognizing different multimedia and automatically adjusting the playback speed according to its criteria for optimal performance.

    Super Multi Compatibility

    LG Super Multi Compatibility optical drives can read and write different types of disc formats in one convenient package.

    1. DVD+R 2. RW DVD-R 3. RW DVD-RAM 4. Blu-ray Disc.

    This gives you the option to choose the media best suited for each task.

    Experience 3D Blu-ray

    Take entertainment to the next level with 3D using the new Power BD-DVD 3D ver. Software bundle. You can now enjoy the excitement of all your favorite Blu-ray titles on your PC and with 2D to 3D converting you can bring a new dimension to all your videos.

    More...

    BDXL Support: Ultimate Capacity

    Three Layer BDXL-R/BDXL RE discs offer 100GB capacity while quad layer BDXL-R discs boast 128GB storage capacity on a single disc. It is equivalent of 27 standard DVDs or 5 single layer Blu-ray discs.

    Windows 10 Compatible

    Enjoy complete freedom in use with compatible support for Windows 10.

    16x BD-R Writing

    Capture all the excitement of Blu-ray with the 16x BD-R writing capability. Plus, now you can store more data on to BDXL discs.

    Customer reviews

    4.6 out of 5 stars
    4.6 out of 5
    4,559 global ratings

    Customers say

    Customers like the quality, value, and ease of installation of the optical disc drive. For example, they mention it works great for backing up, ripping, and playback of DVDs and Blu-ray disks, and is reliable at a decent price. They appreciate the speed, saying it reads DVDs pretty quickly and is the fastest drive they have for reading Blu-Ray. That said, opinions are mixed on noise, blu-ray readability, and burning speed.

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    979 customers mention782 positive197 negative

    Customers like the quality of the optical disc drive. They say it works well for backing up DVDs and Blu-ray disks onto their laptop drive, and it gets the job done. The drive is operational and as well as they can tell, and works great for playback of blu-ray 1080p movies. The software and LG work very well together, and the drive is reliable and does exactly what it's supposed to do.

    "...The drive itself works great. Much faster than my old Panasonic drive. Works with both Windows and Linux without incident. Low price...." Read more

    "Great DVD drive. It burned DVDs like nobody's business." Read more

    "Good blue ray drive, installed it in an externall case." Read more

    "Excellent drive, it has firmware 1.05, flashed it to WH16NS60 firmware 1.02. Rips 4K and regular Blu-rays beautifully." Read more

    226 customers mention218 positive8 negative

    Customers appreciate the value of the optical disc drive. They say it's a good price for the combination of functions, works well, and is reliable at a decent price.

    "...Works with both Windows and Linux without incident. Low price.Recommended...." Read more

    "...They are ripping faster than the slim drives, and nearly half the cost...." Read more

    "Works great for the money. It's quiet, easy to install, and blends in with a standard black case very well...." Read more

    "This is a great drive for the money. Having said that...." Read more

    207 customers mention178 positive29 negative

    Customers like the ease of installation of the optical disc drive. They mention that it is very easy to install using a sata power cable and sATA III data. They also say it is easy to use with the appropriate software, and that it works well with 4K UHD discs. Customers also say that it has been straightforward with rendering from blu-ray and dvds, and there is no firmware to fool with.

    "...And, I just found out that it was extremely easy to get it to work with 4K UHD discs (with a little work)...." Read more

    "...That being said, it WILL install, and by going through the program's menus I was given a link to purchase the far more powerful and Windows 8.1..." Read more

    "Was user friendly easy installation. It made the PC run as good as new!..." Read more

    "...The film was easy enough to follow, even without understanding French, but being retired and needing a winter project, I decided to convert its 600+..." Read more

    181 customers mention144 positive37 negative

    Customers like the speed of the optical disc drive. They say it reads DVDs pretty quickly, and is the fastest drive they have for reading Blu-ray. Some mention that it plays and rips CDs super fast. Overall, most are satisfied with the speed and performance of the product.

    "Great quiet and pretty fast burner, but needs firmware downgrade to utilize it completely for UHD discs...." Read more

    "...This worked fast to read my backup bluray data discs...." Read more

    "...It reads BluRay and regular DVD disks. It is quite fast and is heavily used in my office." Read more

    "...It does exactly what it's supposed to do, and it's quick." Read more

    156 customers mention87 positive69 negative

    Customers are mixed about the noise of the optical disc drive. Some mention it's very quiet, while others say it'd be a tad bit noisey. Some say the grinding noise is gone, while other say it sounds a little cheap.

    "Great quiet and pretty fast burner, but needs firmware downgrade to utilize it completely for UHD discs...." Read more

    "...This sucker is loud when ripping or initially reading a disc. But I read that it's because the drive doesn't throttle its own speed to keep quiet...." Read more

    "Works great for the money. It's quiet, easy to install, and blends in with a standard black case very well...." Read more

    "I recommend this disc for writing to M-Discs. It is noisy without an enclosure or proper chipset...." Read more

    120 customers mention38 positive82 negative

    Customers are mixed about the blu-ray readability of the disc drive. Some mention that it reads and burns 4K discs well, while others say that the firmware version 1.05 would not read 4K Blu-ray discs.

    "...Unfortunately, my LG DVD player/writer initially wouldn't even read the 4K discs...." Read more

    "...shipping them with a firmware update (v1.03) that killed its ability to read 4k bluray movies...." Read more

    "Works great, reads and writes perfectly after years of use." Read more

    "...It lasted only 1.8 years of light use before the blu-ray component stopped working...." Read more

    80 customers mention55 positive25 negative

    Customers are mixed about the burning speed of the disc drive. Some mention that it burns perfectly, while others say that it doesn't burn the discs properly, and that it was interrupted during the burn. Some say that the time it takes to burn still irks them, and some say that this drive failed to burn dual layer discs.

    "Great DVD drive. It burned DVDs like nobody's business." Read more

    "...backups and this LG multi disc writer and reader does a good job of burning data on different format discs that I've used...." Read more

    "...The time it takes to burn still irks me, but after hours of trying to find more info on the burning I'm doing..." Read more

    "...LG blu drive this one works just as great reads and burns all formats as described very well with decent software like imgburn (free)...." Read more

    92 customers mention10 positive82 negative

    Customers are dissatisfied with the software that comes with the optical disc drive. They mention that it requires third-party software to view or burn BD disks, and that there is no native Blu-ray player software. Additionally, some customers are disappointed that Windows doesn't have any free programs to view Blu-Ray movies.

    "...Since the LG does not come with software, I had 2 choices: use free software like vlc, or purchase one...." Read more

    "...It doesn't come with software, so you need to rely on Windows, or go to their website to get drives...." Read more

    "...wise, it does has a little noise to it and because it did not come with any sort of software or firmware I had to search for something...." Read more

    "...You CAN play the disc but it will require either purchasing playback software..." Read more

    Great drive for flashing!
    5 Stars
    Great drive for flashing!
    Great drive to flash with WH16NS60 from MartyMcNuts using the SDFtool Flasher!Works great!, 10GB~ - 10~ minutes is not bad!If you need help flashing look into the makemkv form!
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