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[Bluesky5553]

I've used Lite On drives for years and have had great luck with them. I currently have two Lite On IHBS-112-04 drives and both are excellent at ripping. I have an ASUS USB 2.0 external Blu Ray burner that I use with my laptop and it does a really good job.

I have only one LG and thats a LG BH12LS30 I believe, and that's in my old computer I gave to my daughter. Rips slow, writes slow, got it on sale thank goodness. After that one, I always considered LG Blu Ray burners to be over rated, but that's my opinion.

[vze2mp9g]

Originally Posted by Bluesky5553

I've used Lite On drives for years and have had great luck with them. I currently have two Lite On IHBS-112-04 drives and both are excellent at ripping. I have an ASUS USB 2.0 external Blu Ray burner that I use with my laptop and it does a really good job.

I have only one LG and thats a LG BH12LS30 I believe, and that's in my old computer I gave to my daughter. Rips slow, writes slow, got it on sale thank goodness. After that one, I always considered LG Blu Ray burners to be over rated, but that's my opinion.

Most likely, you purchased a discontinued model. Do a google search on the model number. Also, you mentioned that you installed the LG BD drive on an older computer. That could be another reason why it rips & writes slowly. I have an older LG BD and it has no problems with ripping or writing. I, also, have an older computer, but the only slowness I have is when I'm backing up my DVDs & BDs. I know that the slowness is from my CPU power. IMHO, Lite On drives are good (I use to have two of them), but the LG drives last alot longer and are more dependable.

[Bluesky5553]

Originally Posted by vze2mp9g

Most likely, you purchased a discontinued model. Do a google search on the model number. Also, you mentioned that you installed the LG BD drive on an older computer. That could be another reason why it rips & writes slowly. I have an older LG BD and it has no problems with ripping or writing. I, also, have an older computer, but the only slowness I have is when I'm backing up my DVDs & BDs. I know that the slowness is from my CPU power. IMHO, Lite On drives are good (I use to have two of them), but the LG drives last alot longer and are more dependable.

Nope, sorry, your assumption is wrong. The BH12LS30 was the full retail version of the WH12LS30. The WH12LS30 is the OEM version that LG sells to places like NewEgg. The drives look exactly alike except for the firmware. The BH12LS30 was recently discontinued and updated to the BH14NS40 model, which NewEgg now sells as the full retail version, with the WH14NS40 model being the OEM version. The drive was purchased new, and put into the system I have now. After an evaluation of its read/write attributes, and how long it took to rip movies, even after a firmware update, it went to the computer I gave my daughter ( Intel Core i3) with 8GB of ram, and I put the slightly older Lite ON IHBS112 2-04 back into my Quad core Phenom and added another newer version one just like it to boot. The LG was just not as fast at ripping Blu Rays as the Lite Ons are, and did not have as much memory cache, and I get better disc compatibility. My experience with computer Blu Ray burners since they became available has been that the Lite On's last longer for me. All drives eventually do die, and I've had more Sony's die on me than any other brand, but for my personal use, I'll stick with Lite On.