Is there a good burner for double layer BD-Rs (50 GB)?

[dury]

[Sorry if I posted here, I wasn't allowed to create a new topic in the "Drives" section]

 

Hello everyone.

 

Could someone kindly recommend a burner that is particularly good at writing bd-r double layer (50 GB)?

 

Thank you very much.

[dbminter]

I would not recommend the LG WH16NS40.  I never burned any BD-R DL in it but BD-RE DL would fail 90% of the time.  The NS60 was slightly better at BD-RE DL, but it wasn't anywhere near acceptable.  Others also posted problems with DL media in the NS40 and 60.

 

I've an ASUS, but I've never burned any BD-RE DL in it, let alone any BD-R DL.  In fact, I've never burned any BD-R DL at all, so I have no experience with them.

 

However, it was like a decade ago I last had an NS40, so it's possible firmware updates might have fixed the problems from back then.

[dury]

11 hours ago, dbminter said:

I would not recommend the LG WH16NS40.  I never burned any BD-R DL in it but BD-RE DL would fail 90% of the time.  The NS60 was slightly better at BD-RE DL, but it wasn't anywhere near acceptable.  Others also posted problems with DL media in the NS40 and 60.

 

I've an ASUS, but I've never burned any BD-RE DL in it, let alone any BD-R DL.  In fact, I've never burned any BD-R DL at all, so I have no experience with them.

Thank you, then maybe I will try with some pioneer model (I don't see any other valid alternatives)  

[dbminter]

As far as I know, there are only 2 big names still in the Blu-Ray optical drive production business: ASUS and LG.  Just last week, Pioneer announced they were ceasing production of Blu-Ray optical drives.

 

I've avoided Pioneers for over a decade now.  While at one time they made the best DVD and BD drives out there, beginning over 10 years ago, Pioneer borked the firmware for 8x DVD+RW so they don't write correctly anymore.  Despite my REPEATED e-mails to tech support telling them what they needed to do, they IGNORED it until the 2213.  Now, the 2213 fixed that problem, BUT introduced NEW ones with the last 2213 firmware!  8x DVD+RW writes at 6x max.  8x DVD+R DL only writes at 2.4x max.

[dury]

12 hours ago, dbminter said:

I would not recommend the LG WH16NS40.  I never burned any BD-R DL in it but BD-RE DL would fail 90% of the time.  The NS60 was slightly better at BD-RE DL, but it wasn't anywhere near acceptable.  Others also posted problems with DL media in the NS40 and 60.

Arrgh, getting worse and worse, I'm ruined  

[ultramegaburningenthiseist]

On 5/13/2025 at 8:41 AM, dury said:

Arrgh, getting worse and worse, I'm ruined  

your best bet is to buy a used external pioneer off ebay for now if you want good dual layer burning quality.