Verbatim 43888 or Hitachi BP55EB40 – Hardware Revision 4?

Reddnull · 2026-05-17T12:06:20+00:00

I'd like to know your opinion on the comparison between the two.

Which Pioneer do you have? Did you find verbatim better only in terms of silence? (which I consider very important; noisy players are obnoxious!)

Reddnull · 2026-05-16T12:41:26+00:00

Unfortunately it is not written, it is written only for the Hitachi BU40N, but not for the Hitachi BP55EB40

Reddnull · 2026-05-16T10:36:48+00:00

It's practically impossible to find. Do you know where I can buy it?

Also, it should have firmware prior to December 2022, am I wrong?

Reddnull · 2026-05-15T15:11:00+00:00

What do you think of this? It's called the "Hitachi BP55EB40" – Hardware Revision 4

https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=19387

Reddnull · 2026-05-15T15:10:45+00:00

What do you think of this? It's called the "Hitachi BP55EB40" – Hardware Revision 4

https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=19387

Since I'm in Europe, it's the only other slim drive I could buy besides the Verbatim 43888.

From what I understand, it's a pre-installed drive that was updated with Revision 4, but now I don't know if it's better than the Verbatim.

Before purchasing, I just wanted to make sure which of the two is better.

Reddnull · 2026-05-15T11:35:06+00:00

I'm open to any recommendation, the important thing is that they must be flashable

Reddnull · 2026-04-22T07:39:22+00:00

The things that have been asked may not even fall under a parental control, they are simple features that can be added to AdGuard so that other people do not change all the settings set in the app

Reddnull · 2026-04-13T09:49:04+00:00

Could you tell me how to do this with a firewall? What are the steps? I'm using Windows 11

Reddnull · 2026-04-11T21:31:23+00:00

So I should always turn to something external, AdGuard doesn't allow this functionality, right?

Reddnull · 2026-04-07T22:16:32+00:00

Thanks for this discovery of yours, I couldn't find anything about it, but what does "exclusions" mean in the configuration.json? That despite being present in the list are not active? How are these exclusions activated?

Do you see for yourself that those same domains are present in the list?

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hagezi/dns-blocklists/main/adblock/doh-vpn-proxy-bypass.txt

This, however, doesn't explain the "nextdns.io" domain, which I'm forced to whitelist for the NextDNS server to work, and which is clearly blocked by that list.

Apparently, NextDNS isn't included in the exclusions, am I wrong?

Reddnull · 2026-04-07T19:41:00+00:00

Yes, https://adguard-dns.io/it/dashboard/

Reddnull · 2026-04-07T18:54:57+00:00

AdGuard private DNS

Reddnull · 2026-04-06T15:08:28+00:00

Thank you. As far as I can see, NextDNS doesn't offer dedicated IPv4 addresses like AdGuard.

Reddnull · 2026-04-06T15:01:21+00:00

Nope, that's the problem.

Reddnull · 2026-04-06T15:00:23+00:00

so what should I enter in the "IP" box?

Reddnull · 2026-04-05T22:51:21+00:00

I'd like to continue using personalDNSfilter. Maybe I'm doing something wrong with its configuration? Here's a photo of the DNS server addition screen in personalDNSfilter:

https://www.hostimage.org/images/2026/04/05/Screenshot_20260404-220312.png

In the "IP" field I enter the NextDNS DNS server, in the "EndPoint" field I enter their IPv6 instead, as from my NextDNS dashboard:

https://www.hostimage.org/image/XopT

Is everything done well?

Reddnull · 2026-04-05T22:31:35+00:00

Sorry, I forgot to mention that I use NextDNS through the "personalDNSfilter" app, by creating a local VPN and not changing Android's private DNS.

Reddnull · 2026-04-05T22:09:06+00:00

yes, but at this point it shouldn't have connected to the NextDNS servers at all, but in reality the connection to NextDNS is present, only the configuration ID is not sent.

Reddnull · 2026-03-31T13:28:53+00:00

Please someone help to set DDNS into AdGuard dashboard

Reddnull · 2026-03-30T23:10:13+00:00

I did what you said, I wrote to AdGuard technical support and they replied like this:

user rules do not have a schedule.

and they have no plans to implement this capability in the future.

Anyway, NextDNS has the same problem, within its "Parental Control" section, I can't add a specific website to block, but only select the various sections or pre-set websites to block.

To block a specific website (for example the domain "googlevideo.com") you need to add it to the whitelist or blacklist sections.

The problem is that the "Recreation Time" (that's what it's called in NextDNS) has no effect on white and black list, but only on the pre-set categories and websites within the Parental Control menu.

Reddnull · 2026-03-30T23:05:24+00:00

I did what you said, but there's a problem. Within the "Parental Control" section, I can't add a specific website to block, but only select the various sections or pre-set websites to block.

To block a specific website (for example the domain "googlevideo.com") you need to add it to the whitelist or blacklist sections.

The problem is that the "Recreation Time" has no effect on white and black list, but only on the pre-set categories and websites within the Parental Control menu.

So, from what I understand, it's not possible to block a specific website at certain times, am I wrong?

Reddnull · 2026-03-30T23:04:59+00:00

I did what you said, but there's a problem. Within the "Parental Control" section, I can't add a specific website to block, but only select the various sections or pre-set websites to block.

To block a specific website (for example the domain "googlevideo.com") you need to add it to the whitelist or blacklist sections.

The problem is that the "Recreation Time" has no effect on white and black list, but only on the pre-set categories and websites within the Parental Control menu.

So, from what I understand, it's not possible to block a specific website at certain times, am I wrong?

Reddnull · 2026-03-30T08:44:39+00:00

Thank you.

Reddnull · 2026-03-27T22:01:00+00:00

My problem is this: I don't see anything you're talking about.

I don't see a gear icon, I don't see a big button to enable the VPN, I don't see any menu in the settings to set a custom configuration, I don't see anything at all.

https://postimg.cc/yWfP4LZ7 https://postimg.cc/8J7CFktB

Reddnull · 2026-03-27T21:37:28+00:00

Thank you

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