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LG Electronics WH16NS40 16X Blu-ray/DVD/CD Multi compatible Internal SATA Rewriter Drive, BDXL, M-DISC Support, Black

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Condition
Used - Very Good
Style
Disc Rewriter
Model
WH16NS40
Storage
128 GB
Dimensions
6.5"L x 5.7"W x 1.6"H
Weight
1.5 lb
Color
Black
Warranty
1 year manufacturer
Works with
Desktop

Features 5

  • Drive type Internal 16X Blu-ray Disc Rewriter, M-DISC Support
  • Interface: SATA (SATA 1.1a), Buffer Memory: 4 MB
  • Operating System: Windows 7/ Vista/ XP
  • Blu-Ray Disc, DVD and CD Family Read/Write Compatible, Write and Read Quad, Triple, Double Layer BD-R Discs

Description

LG Electronics WH16NS40 16X SATA Blu-ray Internal Rewriter Face panel of actual product received may be slightly different from the image above.

Specs 27

Special Feature Blu-Ray Disc
Hardware Interface CD-R, CD-RW
Brand LG
Optical Storage Write Speed 24X
Optical Storage Read Speed 48X
Additional Features Blu-Ray Disc
Hardware Platform PC
Cache Memory Installed Size 4

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Top Amazon Reviews

Cost effective, reliable drive. Can have firmware downgraded, but you're not going to like it.
Style: Disc Rewriter
As I write this review, Amazon is currently not offering this drive for sale themselves and only has it available via resellers. If your only question is "Is this drive reliable for writing to CD/DVD/BD/BD-XL discs?" then the answer is "Yes". If your question is "Can this drive have the firmware downgraded to UHD friendly firmware for ripping?" then the answer is also "Yes", but you're not going to like what I had to do to accomplish this. This drive shipped to me with firmware version 1.05, which is encrypted and is not considered to be "UHD friendly" for ripping UHD discs. Please note that I can't guarantee you that if you buy this drive and follow my directions that you will have success downgrading the firmware. I have over 30 years of IT work experience and I still had problems downgrading the firmware. First I tried using the SDFtool program that MakeMKV recommended. It failed. It did start up, but it displayed weirdly, not looking much like it was supposed to, although it did try to patch the LG drive. It failed with some kind of weird 5-6 digit hex error code. I didn't write down the code because there is no way to look up the code and see what it means. Not sure what the writer of SDFtool was thinking of in having it display this kind of error code. Then I did some internet searching and one guy swore that you couldn't use the graphical SDFTool but if you did command line patching instead, it would work. It didn't. Generated a different 5-6 digit hex code for failure. I checked and the firmware remained on 1.05. At this point I am running out of options, so I found that DVDFab says it can patch the firmware for you, but the tool to do so costs about $100. Sigh. I bought a package of this tool and UHD ripping software and hoped for the best. And spent a lot more than $100 on said package. On my first attempt to patch, it did start and seemed to run OK without generating an error code but the program became a run away and never ended. After 30 minutes I tried everything I could to cancel the program and nothing worked. I even tried throwing the power switch on LG drive and the program still refused to stop. DVDFab documentation said it should only take 2-3 minutes to patch. So I forced a hardware interrupt and rebooted my PC. At this point I think the LG drive was actually successfully patched, but I forgot to check, so I ran the DVDFab patching program again. Same response - it started and after 2-3 minutes it ran away, never to end. I left it alone for 30 more minutes and forced another hardware interrupt/reboot. At this point I remembered to check the firmware and it was downgraded to 1.02. The drive has worked flawlessly since the downgrade and can rip UHD discs successfully to my hard drive. Note that I used Vantec external device enclosures with a power supply on my BD drives. Some people have reported having problems changing firmware on BD drives in Vantec enclosures, but it did work OK for me. If you're not sure if paying this money to DVDFab and trying this is for you, MakeMKV does list some resellers who downgrade firmware on drives they sell. This drive has done everything I need it to do so I do recommend buying it. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2025 by Jason Shumate
Best value in its class.
Style: Disc Rewriter
**UPDATE: Looks like LG changed their bundles on this drive. If you order the "Bare Bones" version you will NOT get any included software. **UPDATE 2: I'm now on Windows 10. Everything below still applies.** **UPDATE 3: Added software alternatives in bottom of the review. Amazon removes any links in a review, but you can find any of the software named below easily by typing the name of it into Google.** Most of the software included in these drives have better, free alternatives, or can be found in newer versions than what you'd get in the bundles, so this does not change my score.** I read some of the other reviews and want to comment on "compatibility" issues with Windows 8.1. It seemed odd to me, because windows uses a standard driver for optical drives and for this reason they rarely, if ever, suffer from the compatibility issues that less standardized hardware, such as printers and scanners, suffer from. Reading the reviews further I want to clarify that it seems the software that comes with the drive is not compatible with Windows 8.1 The drive itself works fine, as I can attest to. Truth is this drive costs way less than its competitors with similar features. For burning discs, lots of free software is available. For playback of Blu-Ray/DVD movies, you can use the money you save to purchase just about any suite you want, and get a full version for any OS. The drive itself works great. Much faster than my old Panasonic drive. Works with both Windows and Linux without incident. Low price. Recommended. Update: I recently tried out the software that comes with the drive. The drive is packed in with CyberLink Power Suite 10- most prominently PowerDVD10. That's an impressive bundle for an OEM drive. Unfortunately, as reported, PowerDVD 10 will not load in Windows 8.1 That being said, it WILL install, and by going through the program's menus I was given a link to purchase the far more powerful and Windows 8.1 compatible PowerDVD 13 Ultra at 50% off. Not too shabby. This being an OEM drive it's impressive it even comes with software. Hence, I provide this warning for potential buyers, but this issue does not affect my score. SOFTWARE: I've added in software that will work for this drive. I don't have a Mac so my recommendations are windows only. 1. For burning DATA disks (to be used on a computer): A. Windows 10 has built in support that works just fine. B. For Windows 8, and probably anything before that, you can use the free CDBurnerXP. 2. For movie playback: A. For DVD on Windows 10 you MAY be eligible for a free player from Microsoft. VLC MIGHT work, your mileage may vary: B. For Blu-Ray there are not any free players- mostly. There are complicated workarounds beyond the scope of this review. I recommend Cyberlink PowerDVD. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2014 by DreamMastR
Excellent compatibility, high speeds
Style: Disc Rewriter
First, a quick heads up, because some people might expect the drive to immediately be able to play Blu-Rays: as is always the case with Blu-Ray movie discs, you'll need additional software to actually watch films on them, regardless of how good or bad the drive is (unless someone out there has done some amazing aftermarket engineering I'm unaware of). Thank Sony for that barrier to usage. For a small headache (if you're new to playing with system files, etc.) you can get VLC media player to play Blu-Rays that are at least a year old or so. This drive worked natively for me in macOS Sierra, Windows 10, and Linux (Ubuntu 16). I didn't have to do anything at all with drivers or kexts. It working for me in macOS is a big deal--compatibility is a consistent concern for Hackintoshes. My previous Blu-Ray writer/reader, which had been somewhat recommended by the Hackintosh community, worked only about 70% of the time in macOS--not showing up after startup, disappearing after sleep, or having totally phantom discs "appear" in it. Conversely, this LG drive has never had any of those said issues!! Very minor hiccup: Occasionally when you click "import" in iTunes it says there's an error of some kind. Just wait 2-4 seconds and try again. For me it never permanently failed or crashed iTunes. This sucker is loud when ripping or initially reading a disc. But I read that it's because the drive doesn't throttle its own speed to keep quiet. I very much prefer high read/write speed to quiet operation. It's plenty quiet when there's no disc in there or it's finished initial reading of a disc and is simply playing it back at single speed (like listening to a CD or watching a Blu-Ray). But when you're ripping discs, it's a freakin chainsaw. And I love it. It rips those discs so darned fast, even when they're a bit scratched (I haven't tested any seriously scratched discs yet). It's far too early for me to address durability. But so far so good. It feels like it weighs less than other Blu-Ray drives, but that's not really a legitimate indicator of inferior quality. I'm not gonna be the lawyer in Jurassic Park lecturing a kid about night vision goggles, "Are those heavy?? Then they're expensive!" ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2017 by Steve Cox
Does the job and more
Style: Disc Rewriter
Well, this isn't a fancy piece of tech and no one would jump in joy for the sight of an optical drive these days. It just does its job and does it well. I bought it several years ago and so far had no issues. If you buy an optical drive in the 2020s it makes no sense to buy a DVD drive and not pay those few extra bucks and get a Blu-Ray drive instead. This drive is really not expensive and will allow you to watch HD movies on your PC, as well as burn BD-R discs with up to 50GB of storage on a single disc. It is, of course, backwards compatible with both CD and DVD for both reading and writing. "Easy to install" gets 3/5 just because it's an internal drive and you will need to open the computer's case to install it, however that goes for any internal drive, it's not like this specific model has a different installation method. Also note that many newer computer cases don't have 5.25'' drive bays anymore, so make sure your computer has one before you order any internal drive. A few extra things that aren't part of the official specs but would be interesting for some: Pros: * Reads Playstation 3 discs - One of the very few models that is able to ready original PS3 game discs. If you happen to have a PS3 with a broken drive, you can use this to create ISOs of said games on your computer. * Can be flashed with LibreDrive firmware and used with MakeMKV or AnyDVD HD to read UHD movies. Note that this would probably void your warranty. Cons: * No bitsetting support for DVD+R - That could be an issue if you have an old standalone DVD player that refuses to play burned discs. Bitsetting is a method to fool such players into thinking that a DVD+R disc is a pressed DVD-ROM, but unfortunately this drive doesn't support it, even with firmware updates. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2024 by Dan
Just Hope You Don't Have To Repair It Yourself To Make It Work!
Style: Disc Rewriter
Well, the drive works perfectly now but I had to actually repair it to get it to function correctly! Amazon listed the drive Used-Like New (packaging damage) so I chose to save some money and bought it. The box it arrived in wasn't damaged at all and the GeForce GTX 1050 TI low-profile graphics card and the LG Blu-Ray drive were in great shape so this can't be blamed on UPS! I didn't pay close attention to the drive when installing it which was a mistake. On the first attempt, the drive bay door was stuck so I used a flat-tip screw driver to help it open. After that it didn't seem to stick anymore which I thought was odd and should've been my first clue that something wasn't right! The first Blu-Ray disc played fine without issue but all the discs afterwards didn't. The drive was producing a really loud grinding noise which was alarming to say the least! I proceeded to open the computer and remove the drive to see what the problem was. Once the drive was removed I noticed a rather large dent in the sheet-metal housing which I had overlooked when installing probably due to low-light. I also noticed no tamper-proof seal of any kind on the drive which I found interesting to say the least which means the drive had been opened before! I proceeded to disassemble the drive and straighten out the dent and also found a piece of broken plastic inside the enclosure which means this drive wasn't anything like Amazon had lead me to believe via the listing description. I re-assembled the drive and re-installed it into the computer and the grinding noise was gone and the drive door seemed to open/close much more smoothly than before! I'm guessing the magnetic dongle was enough out of alignment due to the dent which was allowing the disc to grind on the disc tray causing all noise! The door being stuck was probably due to the dent pinching the plastic frame around the door causing it to stick. Apparently, I got lucky on the first disc and the dongle secured it correctly! Happy with the drive now and not so pleased with Amazon Warehouse Deal's description of the item! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2017 by Amazon Customer
DOES NOT RECOGNIZE BLU RAY M-DISC BD-R, FIRMWARE UPDATES ...
Style: Disc Rewriter
EDIT: Drive works great , turns out , NERO was defaulting to my other LG burner , and I did NOT notice , also the reason the firmware dodes not work on the one I got from Amazon , is because when I called their cust support line , the guy asked me to pull out the drive and tell him the SVC CODE. mine is a NS50. he said this drive has the "latest" firmware and in fact is a wh16NS50 , they are just selling it still as a NS 40, he then proceeded to tell me something I find ***fishy*** he said the drive ONLY supports M-DISC BD+R , but I only find BD-R on all web sites i have visited . SECOND thing , I got this from a VERY astute person's review in which he says that in EXPLORER it shows the disk ONLY has 23.3 GIGs avilable, I was trying to burn up to the 25 gigs NERO shows as available. so I just burned 20.0 GIGs of family photos in exactly 20 minutes , so 1 gig per minute, and my M-DISC is a BD-R bought here on Amazon from millenia ? so 5 stars to this burner , looks like I and the support guy and NERO are at fault and NOT LG. sorry DOES NOT RECOGNIZE BLU RAY M-DISC BD-R , FIRMWARE UPDATES FAIL WITH CHECKSUM ERROR. STAY AWAY FROM THIS PRODUCT. just got off phone with LG , they had me pull out the drive and read the SVC code on the label on top of drive, mine is SVC CODE NS50 , and the person said it has the "latest" firmware , that this is actually a wh16ns50 BUT it only write M-DISC BD+R and NOT BD-R so I will cancel sending the drive back and buy some PLUS R M-DISCs, will let you all know how that goes ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2016 by Roman Toledo
Almost Exactly 8 Years Later, Still Working Perfectly and Now Rips 4K UHD
Style: Disc Rewriter
I bought this LG DVD player/writer back in January of 2016, and it's still working perfectly in January of 2024. And, I just found out that it was extremely easy to get it to work with 4K UHD discs (with a little work). I'd previously used this LG DVD player/writer to rip my entire library of about 800 movies to my HTPC for easy viewing on PLEX, but hadn't used it in well over a year. However, my brother recently gave me all of the John Wick movies (1-4) in 4K for Christmas, so I immediately wanted to rip them to add to my library to view in my dedicated theater through my Nvidia Shield Pro, etc. Unfortunately, my LG DVD player/writer initially wouldn't even read the 4K discs. None of the previous movies in my library had been 4K, just 1080P or less, so I was a little worried that I'd need to buy a new DVD writer to achieve the 4K ripping ability. However, after a little research, I was able to quickly/easily flash my good, old LG DVD player/writer from firmware version 1.00 to 1.02 with the free SDFtool Flasher (As I understand it, version 1.02 is the last version capable of ripping 4K movies on my version of this LG DVD player/writer - WH16NS60). I don't know why LG removed the 4K ability with later firmware versions, but it's great to know that you can flash it to whatever version you want with the right free tools, in order to make it more useful. Anyway, I was ecstatic that not only would I not have to pay to replace my 8-year-old version of this LG DVD player/writer, but what made me even happier was that I also wouldn't need to take my HTPC down and remove it to install another player. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2024 by Reaxions
Older but reliable. Especially for M-Disc.
Style: Disc Rewriter
I go with LG only, and this older 2013 model has always been the most reliable. Especially for M-Disc archival work. It works well in a computer case and coupled with an OWC Mercury Pro enclosure it's also a reliable external bluray burner. I use it to save older restored animation. You will need your own burning software. If you can still get a copy of DVD Architect 5 or 6, It's proven to work well with it. No drivers required. Capable of high speeds, but I keep it at 4x speed for total data reliability. I just bought this one to replace a defective knock-off. Don't cheap out on a reliable drive. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2025 by David
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