ASUS BW-16D1HT - Ultra-Fast 16X Blu-ray Burner with M-DISC Support, Black

This is a great drive. Very fast. I already have similar slim Blu-ray burners but I had heard that these bigger, full size drives may soon be going to way of the Dodo bird as more manufacturers are stopping making them so I wanted to pick one up to make sure I had one before that happened. I'm glad I did. It performs significantly faster than even the best slim one (Pioneer) that I have for everything (reading/writing data CDs/DVDs, music CDs, etc.). I wound up throwing it into an external USB 3 enclosure and couldn't be happier.

This drive works flawlessly. Installation was very easy. I am using it to rip my DVD collection for Plex Media only, so I can only attest to that capability. FYI: I am using it with the external enclosure NexStar DX2 by Vantec, which was also incredibly easy to assemble and install; they go well together. This drive is also almost silent. It is also very fast when loading a disc. The "rip rate" is about 7.4 MB/sec (5.6x) for regular discs and 20.0 MB/sec (4.6x) for Blu-Ray; the rate starts slower but climbs as it copies. This is faster than the terrible USB external drive I was using and it does not cause my computer to shut down randomly and it actually reads Blu-Ray discs, unlike the (Blu-Ray) USB drive which was defective in several ways. It is more expensive than the USB drive, but well worth it.

Works on my win 10 pc. Just plug in and play along with downloading a software to properly play blu rays.

This honestly, is the best internal blu ray player money can buy. If you buy it there are a few things to keep in mind. It will not play 4K UHD blu rays out of the box, because the newer firmware does not support it (planned obsolescence). So in order to play them, you have to flash the bios to an earlier version (tutorials for this player exist everywhere on the internet) This is my go to player and I have never had an issue with it, exceptional value

Works as expected. Fast data transfers. No major issues with the model I recieved. No software needed. Drivers works out of box on Linux Mint. For contexts, I ordered this disc drive as a replacement to a 2011 LG model, where suddenly the drive had issues with a door opening (jammed or broken). Barely used the drive after like 2016, but I do probably once a year now. After trying to get the drive working, I decided to go for this Asus model. Since using this one within 24 hours, I experienced a minor issue with the reads on a couple of discs, probably the reason why this was resold. I works for the most part, just seems some blu-ray r's and rw's takes longer to load or needs reloading. The discs are in nearly excellent condition. Also the Asus drive I recieved is not the same as shown in the description. I suppose the only thing I have to test now is, can it burn data on discs!?

So far, So good. Installed and presto it works. ASUS is pretty expensive, but as far as I am concerned it's worth it.

I've always had great luck with ASUS products, and this is no exception. A very reliable player.

I cannot recommend this drive. After putting it through several tests, it has failed on a variety of media. This appears to destroy rewritable media! I threw about half a dozen Ritek 8x DVD+RW at it. After a few writes, this drive would eventually write to the disc and render it empty. However, on inserting the disc into any drive afterwards, the drive lights flash infinitely. Windows will not recognize a disc has been inserted but File Explorer will list the disc as empty. I tried the same on a Verbatim BD-RE DL. It did the same thing. So, this drive destroys rewritable media. NOT a good selling point. I inserted 2 Verbatim BD-RE DL that had been formatted by Windows as giant floppies. I copied over files to them and on random files, Windows would return the "error" Cannot read from source file or disc. Immediately selecting Retry resumes the copy. It did this once on the first disc and twice on the 2nd. However, the real killer is the files actually written to the media are not written correctly! I copied over many parts in a chain of a file backup from Macrium Reflect to these discs. Reflect would load the last file in the chain to get the list of files from the archive. However, on Verify, the first file would fail to read from the first disc! It would cause Reflect to Not Respond and eventually return the "error" Verification failure Read error - permission denied. So, this means the drive wasn't even correctly writing to the BD-RE DL media. Even after I replaced the destroyed disc with a new one. Again, another NOT good selling point. I had such high hopes for ASUS drives. After Pioneer borked their drives with the latest firmware, I had had an ASUS USB drive that performed almost flawlessly. It only failed on Ritek 6x DVD-RW, but ALL drives except Optiarc and LiteOn fail on them. So, I was looking to replace one of my Pioneers with an SATA ASUS. I am DEFINITELY sorry I went that route. ASUS is now also on my crap list. I would return this drive but I've already removed the proof of purchase from the box to send in for a rebate. Bottom line is this drive is junk. Do NOT buy! EDIT 10-28-2016: On the off chance I was wrong, which I rarely am, I got another of these drives. Just in case I received a bad sample. I've received bad drives fresh out of the box before. So, I thought I'd give this model another chance. I shouldn't have. I burned a full sized test DVD image to a DVD+RW. Like the other model I had, it destroyed the rewritable disc, rendering it unreadable. Verify in ImgBurn would never start because the drive light constantly flashed as the drive tried to read the disc. I put the disc in a Pioneer, which does write correctly, and it, too, like the past ASUS writer I tried, failed to recognize a disc in the drive. So, this model does destroy rewritable discs. DVD+RW and BD-RE DL will be useless in this drive. As I said, bottom line, this drive is junk. Do NOT buy!

Optical drive is amazing, reads and burns disc perfectly, not only that it actually reads ps3 discs so you can now copy all your games you bought to your pc/laptop to use with a ps3 emulator.

This is my second purchase of ASUS BW-16D1HT device in my life (and I even have one, also great LG WH16NS60 device), and I do not have any complaints with both of those devices at all!!! Now, for the ASUS BW-16D1HT device in particular, it is officially by ASUS corp. fully Microsoft Windows 10 and Microsoft Windows 11 compatible device and do not require any additional driver installations or any similar, so just install it in your Desktop computer or in your 5.25" external case, and go. Yes, you need to additionally get/purchase a really good and versatile CD/DVD/Blu-Ray/ Millenniata (M-DISC) burning software here, like for e.g. Ahead Nero 2025, but this is quite logical here... I personally use this ASUS BW-16D1HT device for Backup purpose and to watch some bought Blu-ray discs in my house... Very reliable, good, quality product from ASUS corp. which is not a bulk product here at all - I get it from Amazon.com.be in its original ASUS box, and completely sealed!!! Inside this original box was even 4 screwdrivers to attach it in your computer case in an empty 5.25'' bay here, or in external 5.25" case. You will also get in this original box one ASUS Blu-ray optical media with optional software on it for your installations if you want: ASUS E-Green v1.01.55 (2017) software which automatically optimizes this ASUS device power consumption and display detailed information on power saved and CO2 reduced using this ASUS device. On this ASUS Blu-ray optical media you will also find: Cyberlink Power2go v8 (2018) software which is for burning CD/DVD/BD disks..., and also Cyberlink Powerbackup v12 (2018) software for full backup of your devices, and Ahead Nero BackItUp v2017 (2017) software for full backup of your devices. You will also find some document papers in this ASUS box: ASUS Webstore for 12 months unlimited data amount online backup license paper, then Ahead Nero BackItUp Pro 6 months license paper, then ASUS Warranty Card in 19 languages paper, and finally the ASUS Quick Installation guide in 36 languages paper. ... And my finally note in this of my review: On 24 January 2025, the "Alpha Bet" reviewer on Amazon.com.be here write a really good and detailed review about this same ASUS BW-16D1HT device, and I am completely agreeing with him about everything that he wrote, it just confirms my all testing's of this device also.... Thank you for this great ASUS BW-16D1HT device product!

Llegó rapido y en buenas condiciones dentro de su caja original, lo cual me dió mucha confianza, tambien, llego con proteccion dentro de la caja. funciona excelente, ya he quemado varios blu-ray

Bien emballé et conforme, reçu dans les délais.

Not much use till now. But I burn two or three dvds, working good. Packing is original and only a CD of softwares and drivers come with it....useful and nice product ...