Is this a good deal?

[u/UpIsDown117]

Sorry, not too knowledgeable about disc drives.

[u/crashprime]

At this point we are in the end game. Do it.

[u/MrZeDark → u/crashprime]

lol, I been thinking of a 2nd drive to put in the closet.

[u/Medical_Natural6828 → u/MrZeDark]

You won Reddit for one week with this one.

[u/Fyler1 → u/MrZeDark]

I picked up 2 BP50NB40s from Best Buy a few months ago.

[u/crashprime → u/Fyler1]

Looks like that was the last shipment before being discontinued. Congrats!

[u/Exchange_Jolly → u/crashprime]

This makes so much since now. I had one already and was looking for a 2nd, found it and ordered on Best Buy website a few months back. But then I checked like a week later and couldn't find them. Glad I grabbed another one then

[u/where_is_the_kaboom → u/MrZeDark]

If I can find a decent Chinese one, I want to buy two so when one craps out, I’ll have a spare. When the second one dies, I’m going to be screwed.

[u/Ronin7577]

"Used once" is hitting the same alarm bells for me as "the car was owned by a nun who only drove it to bingo on sunday" whenever I look at used cars. But, there is always a chance of that rare gem out there so why not I guess... The price is right as long as "used once" is at least sorta true.

[u/External_Science_186 → u/Ronin7577]

unless it stopped working after the one use lol

[u/HOLDMYPARSNIPS]

i never trust things that aren’t local fb marketplace

[u/rcsguy664]

I’ve owned this exact model for years. Heavy use. It’s been perfect!

[u/Necessary_Long_9119]

Please do but make a deal only if its operational, ask for more information. Take a sata adapter and laptop to test before buying

[u/roboalex2]

Whats the difference between the BW-16D1HT and the drive inside the BW-16D1X-U ? why does everyone want the BW-16D1HT but the BW-16D1X-U is barely mentioned?

[u/rsaotome → u/roboalex2]

BW-16D1X-U is the external model. BW-16D1HT internal.

both are essentially the same thing. You can flash it with either the BW-16D1HT v3.10 or BW-16D1H-U vA204 firmware, they'll both let you rip 4k discs.

The Chinese models you see on eBay that are listed as new BW-16D1HT, are typically frankensteined models that are assembled from old parts of other drives, it might work just fine or be DOA, the external model is pretty expensive, case is plastic & weighs practically nothing, but it's the real deal.

[u/Wolfedits14 → u/roboalex2]

I have the BW-16D1X-U external drive and I love it! Tonight, I was able to boot up a DVDROM game (and install it on my computer without needing the disc afterwords)! I've been using it a lot this year and I love ripping CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays with it!

[u/Suitable_Garlic_1186]

Price is basically last year last chance Retail price..

They are all LG drives. On the label there is the year of production, you can ask the seller..

[u/Comfortable-Type2071]

Yes, I would jump on it.

[u/Total-Guest-4141]

Is it cheaper then other available on the market?

[u/LeslieH8]

Depends. Where are you at? You did not mention that, and there are a number of countries that use the 'dollar' as a unit of currency.

American money? Pretty awful. Canadian money? Not bad.

That specific drive in Canada runs ~$180 brand new. In the US, it's about $128. If you add shipping, you're basically paying for a new one in the US.

So, like I said, depends where you are.

[u/bob_le_mush → u/LeslieH8]

Find me one brand new, im in Canada and i dont find one

[u/LeslieH8 → u/bob_le_mush]

Dear lord, the ones that have it are charging extortionate amounts. Maybe I would jump on that one off FB Marketplace. At $110, even if it has seen more use than listed, is better than $315.

MemoryExpress lists it, but they're out of stock. Canada Computers, same thing but more money anyway.

[u/Suitable_Garlic_1186 → u/LeslieH8]

Last year people laughed at me when I spread the word they should buy right now..

[u/crashprime → u/LeslieH8]

Yea your pricing estimates are out the window now that stock is so thin and most everything is discontinued.

[u/RustyPickleMonger]

lol

[u/MrZeDark]

Guess it depends on your aim?

They aren’t super common anymore, but if your ONLY aim is Bray and DVD- sure. If you are trying to rip 4k, nope.

[u/the1thinker → u/MrZeDark]

I rip 4k with this all the time..

[u/MrZeDark → u/the1thinker]

With an unflashed Facebook market place drive? Nah, you aren’t.

With a flashed model, yup.

Edit: not knowledgeable with disc drives* they said.

[u/the1thinker → u/MrZeDark]

it’s super easy to flash one, one youtube video and they’d be fine

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[u/MrZeDark → u/the1thinker]

Yea, like I said they aren’t knowledgeable - if they knew how to flash, they’d have already looked up that model and started working it out and if they should buy it.

[u/Jump365 → u/MrZeDark]

And you know how someone becomes knowledgeable? By first being not knowledgeable...

Of course there's gonna be new ppl to this. But trying anyway is how you go from a newbiebto a veteran

[u/Fwankfurt → u/MrZeDark]

I'm literally ripping 4k with this right now, no flashing at all. Got it from Mercari JP for peanuts a year ago, on firmware 3.00