Review on 📀 LG WH16NS40 Blu-ray Disc Rewriter - Internal SATA Super Multi 16x by Sarah Mailyafemail

Excellent drive for your money. That has been said. In 2017 they started shipping them with a firmware update (v1.03) that ended their ability to read 4k Bluray movies. If you are familiar with computers, you can roll back the driver to version 1.02, but it's not as simple as going to the driver download page on LG's website and downloading the old firmware. LG has locked the firmware so you can only update it and not reset it. All hope is not lost yet! I personally completed the rollback process. It was NOT easy and there were a lot of speed bumps along the way, but I successfully completed the process and was able to read a few 4k Blu-Ray movies with ease. If you google something called "dosflash patched". A page with the address "myce dot com" should open. You can read the rollback instructions. You must register if you want to download the required files. This procedure is only intended for advanced computer scientists. You can easily lock your drive. If you don't know what you're doing, find someone who does. Don't say I didn't warn you. I'll give you a little tip as the instructions on this part don't make this part clear. You MUST be using a 32-bit (x86) version of Windows to roll back. It just doesn't work on 64-bit (x64) versions of Windows. Don't try, don't waste your time. I spent two days getting it working. It will not. I used 7 so I can only confirm that it works on Win7 32 bit. You can always partition your hard drive and install x86 win7 there and boot from it. Again, only for advanced computer users. I hope this helps any of you who think a firmware fix that claims to improve comparability but actually breaks a perfectly good 4k drive is wrong and wants to show LG that this dirty trick is behind the scenes and the winner is. cannot be tolerated!