Brand | LG Electronics |
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Series | WH16NS40 |
Item model number | WH16NS40 |
Hardware Platform | PC |
Operating System | Windows 7/ Vista/ XP |
Item Weight | 1.54 pounds |
Product Dimensions | 6.8 x 5.7 x 1.6 inches |
Item Dimensions LxWxH | 6.8 x 5.7 x 1.6 inches |
Color | Black |
Manufacturer | LG ODD |
ASIN | B00E7B08MS |
Country of Origin | China |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Date First Available | July 28, 2013 |
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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) |
About this item
- 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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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 | PC | PC | PC | — |
cache memory size | — | 2 MB | 8 MB | 16 MB | — | — |
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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
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Superior data protection with M-DISC SupportThe 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 PlayThe 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 CompatibilityLG 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-rayTake 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. |
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BDXL Support: Ultimate CapacityThree 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 CompatibleEnjoy complete freedom in use with compatible support for Windows 10. |
16x BD-R WritingCapture all the excitement of Blu-ray with the 16x BD-R writing capability. Plus, now you can store more data on to BDXL discs. |
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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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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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**UPDATE 2: I'm now on Windows 10. Everything below still applies.**
**UPDATE 3: Added software alternatives in bottom of the review. Amazon removes any links in a review, but you can find any of the software named below easily by typing the name of it into Google.**
Most of the software included in these drives have better, free alternatives, or can be found in newer versions than what you'd get in the bundles, so this does not change my score.**
I read some of the other reviews and want to comment on "compatibility" issues with Windows 8.1.
It seemed odd to me, because windows uses a standard driver for optical drives and for this reason they rarely, if ever, suffer from the compatibility issues that less standardized hardware, such as printers and scanners, suffer from.
Reading the reviews further I want to clarify that it seems the software that comes with the drive is not compatible with Windows 8.1
The drive itself works fine, as I can attest to. Truth is this drive costs way less than its competitors with similar features. For burning discs, lots of free software is available. For playback of Blu-Ray/DVD movies, you can use the money you save to purchase just about any suite you want, and get a full version for any OS.
The drive itself works great. Much faster than my old Panasonic drive. Works with both Windows and Linux without incident. Low price.
Recommended.
Update: I recently tried out the software that comes with the drive. The drive is packed in with CyberLink Power Suite 10- most prominently PowerDVD10. That's an impressive bundle for an OEM drive. Unfortunately, as reported, PowerDVD 10 will not load in Windows 8.1
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 compatible PowerDVD 13 Ultra at 50% off. Not too shabby.
This being an OEM drive it's impressive it even comes with software. Hence, I provide this warning for potential buyers, but this issue does not affect my score.
SOFTWARE: I've added in software that will work for this drive. I don't have a Mac so my recommendations are windows only.
1. For burning DATA disks (to be used on a computer):
A. Windows 10 has built in support that works just fine.
B. For Windows 8, and probably anything before that, you can use the free CDBurnerXP.
2. For movie playback:
A. For DVD on Windows 10 you MAY be eligible for a free player from Microsoft.
VLC MIGHT work, your mileage may vary:
B. For Blu-Ray there are not any free players- mostly. There are complicated workarounds beyond the scope of this review.
I recommend Cyberlink PowerDVD.
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I purchased this drive due to upgrading the kids windows laptops to decent android tablets for christmas which are less bulky etc.
1st Reason was to make digital copies of their hard copy bluray movies to be able to play on their android tablets via vlc player or similar because we gave found out over the years some of their favorites had been taken off netflix ( so we bought them)
2nd reason was to also watch from my pc if i fancied as i have a few special collectors edition music limited editions in bluray high bit rate format..... I had a fright as i thought there was a problem as my pc could not play bluray .....this is not a bluray player but i did find programs that allow playback presumably by loading a buffer for playback. But anyway once i figure out a system of back up of stuff i want i can watch the digital copy
Plus: Der Lautstärkepegel ist zwar etwas höher als beim Samsung, aber das wird durch die gut dreifache Lesegeschwindigkeit des LG mehr als wett gemacht (max. 300 gegenüber max. 80 FPS im Ripper).
Minus: Der LG ist zickiger mit verunreinigten Discs. Die haben den Samsung nicht im mindesten irritiert, der LG (bzw. das Rip-Programm) produziert öfter mal Fehlermeldungen. Erfordert also etwas gründlichere Inspektion der Disc auf Fingerabdrücke oder sonstigen Dreck.
Soddisfatto.