More bad news for physical media
  • Armand1@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I recently bought a second PC Blu-ray writer just in case this would happen. Lucky me. I should be good for the next 10 years.

    Looks like they’re still available for now in the UK but at inflated prices sent from America

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B079LTC6ML

    The above supports UHD and is easy to… adapt for legitimate ripping of your Blu-ray. For backup purposes of course.

    I think Panasonic still make some too but I’ve used LG ones for years.

    • renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.netEnglish
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      2 months ago

      For internal desktop drives, I have the WH16NS40. After flashing some open firmware on it, it works perfectly for playing and ripping BRs. Looks like I’ll be picking up a spare in case this one dies.

      The MakeMKV forum has a lot of good tips and instructions on selecting and configuring BluRay drives.