Buffalo Desktop Blu-Ray BRXL-16U3

Works excellent with MakeMKV. I have been using it to rip my Blu-Rays to my Plex library. This thing tears through Blu-Rays, around 8x speed at most. A movie can be finished in under 20 minutes. The drive I got came with the HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH16NS58. I was able to flash the firmware easily using SDFtool -- WH16NS60_1.02_MK.bin was what I flashed on it, if you're curious -- so I've gained ability to rip my UHD discs as well to the library. Massive upgrade from the generic BD-RE drive I got with mystery parts inside. Only downside is that I'll probably need to upgrade my storage soon!

I started digitizing my library the day I got it (note: it comes with playback and burning software, but ripping is separate). These days, a reliable BD drive that can rip and burn discs is hard to come by, and most PCs don’t even have a slot for an optical drive anymore, so having it in its own case is perfect. An added bonus is being able to move it around and use it as a portable media player. Highly recommend.

The unit itself is all good but the included software won't even play a bluray without a watermark on it and loads a bunch of crap on your computer that you cannot use unless you by their ridiculously priced software.... which constantly beats you down about buying more more more... so I can burn blurays but can't play them cause I ditched their trojan horse software that is just a trick to get on your system to sell you a bunch of crap you don't need.....

Using it to create my plex library. It's working like a champ on new blurays/dvds and decent on somewhat scratched blurays/moderately scratched dvds. Many of our discs were left out of the sleeves and cases for long periods of time with kids playing around/on them and I'm surprised that I've been able to rip over half of them. It feels solid and I feel like I made a good purchase. Works well with MakeMKV

I bought this drive to use with my laptop since disc drives aren't standard on laptops anymore. It's easy to install and plays Bluray excellently. The write function is great too. The only issues I have with this drive is: 1, Playing and writing DVDs is a 50/50 gamble. Some times it works, sometimes it doesn't. All the DVDs I've tried are the correct region with no scratches or defects. Many of them are brand new and still won't play. It occasionally happens with Bluray as well. 2, Sometimes the drive won't spin up and I have to disconnect the drive from my laptop and the power source, then restart my laptop and re-set up the drive to get it working again. This happens roughly every other day. There's no power issues since the drive is plugged directly into the wall and the USB ports on my laptop are in great shape since the laptop is new, so power and connection aren't the problem. All I can think of is there may be an issue with the DVD drive sensor. Still, I don't regret the purchase even if its sometimes troublesome to use. Luckily, I'm a very patient person and use it primarily for media. If I had to use it for work, it'd be a different story.

HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH16NS58 Firmware: 1.02 Tested and reads OK. According to Buffalo Americas manual, likely either a LG or Sony Blu-ray drive, mine happened to be an LG. No updated firmware via manufacturer website(s), but firmware maybe compatible with other later updated LG products, such as the WH16NS60 Blu-ray internal drive. Updated my WH16NS60 from 1.02 to 1.03, and I have not tried updating this Buffalo portable this Buffalo LG BH16NS58 drive yet. Firmware may require updating for playing Blu-ray Movies and other protected media. Updating firmware is risky; rule of thumb for firmware updates, do not upgrade if not needed. 2026.01.08 Update after purchasing through Amazon.com owned Woot store front, I subsequently registered the device for obtaining software, for which said software is already included with the vaguely marked CD/DVD within the box; and obtained the following odd response through Email a few days later: --- Snip --- Our sincere apologies, but due to Woot's violation of reseller policy, this unit is not eligible for registration and carries no warranty coverage. This mailbox is not monitored. Any replies to this message will not be answered. (MASKED NAME) Warranty Claims Coordinator Buffalo Americas --- Snip --- So heads-up, if you're purchasing this or other items through Woot, warranty may not be applicable, for which is very odd in my opinion. However, due to the shortage of Blu-ray drives, think most of us will be thankful having for their photography or document long term storage solution. Shrugs....

My use case for this was ripping DVD and Blu-ray disks with MakeMKV for my JellyFin server. This drive worked right out of the box with MakeMKV and I have had no trouble at all ripping disks with it. I strongly recommend this drive.

I had ordered a different writer/burner last year when my pictures on my hard drive started to corrupt. I got one from a different brand after researching for days. I hated it! It spit out half of the disks as errors when some of them were perfectly fine and it took anywhere from 2-8 hours to write one disk and half the time spit it out halfway to two thirds of the way through it was infuriating! However! This year I needed to find another one due to my computer having serious issues and most likely needing to be wiped. I did more research and decided on this one! The software you have to download is a little confusing but I got through it. I've done one disk so far with no issues! It hasn't spit the disk out, completely finished the writing in less than 30 minutes (wrote about 20gb) and is more than 60% through the verification at less than 40 minutes total so far for everything! I may skip the verification next time to cut down on time but I'm honestly really impressed and will be keeping this one!!

Sin duda para medios ópticos la calidad es lo más importante. No confío en productos genéricos para almacenar mi información. Es por eso que elegí comprar esta unidad por su excelente reputación y fabricación japonesa. Muy sólida en construcción y rápida en rendimiento.

Easy to use, quite and well built.

Wie schon vermutet wurde das Gerät mit einen Steckernetzteil ausschließlich für den US Markt geliefert. Leider kein universal Stecker. Ich bin mir nicht sicher ob das Gerät wirklich neu ist. Die Verpackung war sichtlich lädiert, könnte sich um ein Retouren Gerät handeln. Funktion soweit ok habe es mit dem Netzteil des zweiten Gerätes geprüft welches ich schon länger besitze. Habe mir ein Steckernetzteil mit 12V 3A nach bestellt.

Replacement for a slim line drive that was getting errors. Folks said the full-size drivers are better - everything is squeezed in the slim drives, and the chance of failures is higher. That is what I've seen, this drive has been reliable and read discs without error, which my slim drive would struggle with. It is big, has its own power supply, and works flawlessly with my newish Mac.

Tener varios soportes para copias de seguridad garantiza recuperar tus archivos con mayor probabilidad si pasa algo. La laptop que tengo ya no incluye unidad de disco, y de vez en cuando es necesario leer un dvd o bd de respaldos anteriores, así como generar alguno con la información que se va acumulando. Hasta ahora, esta unidad ha cumplido con su objetivo sin problemas.