Question 1

Does this drive come with software to play Blu-Rays?

Accepted Answer

No it does not.  Just the drive and the usb power chord are included.  The drive works really well however its rather loud.  You will have to find a third party software to actually watch Blue Ray movies.

Question 2

Is this drive region locked? Can it be unlocked? I have both European and US DVDs/Blu-rays.

Accepted Answer

You can use a media player that is capable of playing DVD and Blu-rays from different regions. I would highly recommend checking out VLC media player as it has codecs that support high definition video playback from Blu-Ray and is able to play media from other regions (though not always a guarantee depending on the specific media you want to view). Hope this helps! https://www.videolan.org/support/faq.html#DVDS

Question 3

Will this fit a HP Zbook 17" g5?

Accepted Answer

The LG Ultra Slim Blu-ray / DVD Writer 3D Blu-ray Disc Playback & M-DISC™ Support, Model # BU40N is compatible with Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP operating systems and has a SATA host interface. Its system requirements for the CPU are Intel® Pentium® D 3.2GHz or Higher (with USB 2.0) and the recommended CPU is an Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 2.4GHz or higher, a Hard Disc Drie of 30GB or more of available space (60GB for Blu-ray Disc authoring) and RAM of at least 1 GB or higher. The recommended GPU (nVidia) is the GeForce 7600GT or higher / GeForce 8400 or higher Graphic Card Driver shall meet AACS compliance criteria. and or for an ATI GPU, the ATI Radeon HD 2400 or higher Graphic Card Driver shall meet AACS compliance criteria. Its W x H x D dimensions are 5.0" x 5.0" x 0.3" (128 x 127 x 9.5 mm). If you have an optical drive currently installed in your laptop, you can measure it to see if it has the same dimensions and it's SATA...

Question 4

Can this be mounted vertically in a Dell Inspiron 3471?

Accepted Answer

Most likely yes. You would have to swap the front bezel and mounting bracket from the rear of your previous drive.

Question 5

Does this play UltraHD 4k Blu Ray's? I noticed it says Ultra HD on it, but doesn't mention it in the specs.

Accepted Answer

It will, provided you have BD software (PowerDVD, or similar) that will decode it. The drive is capable of UltraHD but will NOT play ANY Blu-Ray without BD decrypting player software. The drive plays nothing by itself, the computer it's attached to must have the software to decrypt and play the disc.

Question 6

Is there a way to get this to fit into a 5.25'' external bay?

Accepted Answer

You need an adapter. I used an ICY DOCK MB343SPO.

Question 7

what are the size specs of this drive?

Accepted Answer

The dimensions of the LG BU40N Blu-ray Writer are 0.30 inches in height, 5.00 inches in width, and 5.00 inches in depth.

Question 8

With the proper software will it write UHD discs?

Accepted Answer

The LG BU40N Blu-ray Writer has excellent UltraHD playback and ripping capabilities, as mentioned in the product review summary. Therefore, with the proper software, it should be able to write UHD discs.

Question 9

Will this burn Blu Ray M discs? The high cap archival ones??

Accepted Answer

Yes, it supports burning Blu-ray M-DISC, including high-capacity archival ones.

Question 10

Will this burn blu Ray M discs? The high capacity archival ones??

Accepted Answer

Yes, the LG BU40N Blu-ray Writer supports burning Blu-ray M-DISC, including high capacity archival ones.

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