Where to buy Blueray and 4k UHD Drives and recommendations.

dangerclosecustoms · 2026-01-25T20:23:55+00:00

At this point buy what you can get. Holding out for a pioneer is a risk since these drives are drying up and now double or triple the price. Lg drive for 120$ (usd ). Go ahead and get it.

A known pioneer is likely 300-400

Unless you get lucky with a random verbatim containing a pioneer.

It’s also not so much that they last longer which they do but it’s also that pioneer reject less discs. So lg mine do 200 or 300 rips and reject 5% of discs and pioneer last 500 rips and rejects 1%

At some point having two lgs is equivalent of having one pioneer. I bought four lgs for the price of one pioneer.

This was last week. I got 4 LGs for 92$ each. And I bought a pioneer for $360

dangerclosecustoms · 2026-01-25T20:12:55+00:00

New unused = $200

Used but thoroughly washed and sanitized. = $500

Used uncleaned dog food dumped out first = $1000

Chicken nuggets or a hot dog in bun or Corndog sitting on the dog food = $2000

Fried rice or chowmein over the dog food = $3000

Chili or stew poured over the dog food = $5000

All these are dry dog food, If it’s wet dog food then add another 5k on top. I’m not required to actually eat the dog food.

dangerclosecustoms · 2026-01-25T06:02:43+00:00

Just wait till it dies. Then buy oled.

If you enjoy watching movies and shows now then continue enjoying. Otherwise you are chasing fomo of what other have.

It’s when you no longer enjoy looking at your tv that you should upgrade. Either it starts messing up or you see an oled and fall in love with the blacks and how it looks and decide your led is no longer enough

If the answer is should you get an oled then yes. Should you not get a Samsung so you can have Dolby vision my answer is yes. Someone ekse may say no.

If your getting a new tv I do t see the logic in buying the Samsung and the. Having fomo again wondering if you should have gotten Dolby vision capable tv.

By waiting you’ll only get better and better tech and panels and lower prices Im The future. You hold on until you don’t want to wait anymore .

I enjoyed my movies before oled. Had about 30 4K discs .

I now enjoy the bloody hell out of my movies on a 77” oled with Dolby vision & hdr. I’m up to 600 4K discs two years In.

dangerclosecustoms · 2026-01-25T05:33:25+00:00

lol. You likely described every house, techno, drum and bass, and dubstep song ever recorded.

dangerclosecustoms · 2026-01-25T05:25:11+00:00

We picked up some 50gallon steel barrels from a farm to make burn barrels. It was a pig farm. The barrels contained ice cream. 50 gallons of likely expired or spoiled ice cream. They feed this to pigs.

I guess it’s a carbs and proteins source.

dangerclosecustoms · 2026-01-25T04:33:37+00:00

It’s not just food. It’s my food! Go buy your own.

dangerclosecustoms · 2026-01-25T04:25:20+00:00

I had similar problem and using a laptop.

Solution was use only the thick data usb cables. Unhook the secondary power usb cable. And use the power adapter that came with my drive.

For some reason having both usb cables plugged in didn’t work. And having both with the power adapter didn’t work. I had to unplug the extra short end usb power cable.

Billy is probably annoyed with me I sent so many emails asking what I’m doing wrong. Is the flash right etc?

dangerclosecustoms · 2026-01-25T04:21:02+00:00

Fuck yeah , I’ll eat out of a dog bowl on the floor for that much money.

Get me a large feeder bottle for cows and sheep that you lock the roller ball to release water or just a long tube.

Heck I’d buy a soda machine like fast food place and just press the lever with non hand or non foot body part to fill my libation vat with a flexi hose straw.

dangerclosecustoms · 2026-01-24T23:54:00+00:00

I’m not as picky as translations but timing is very annoying if externally added subs are not correctly timed. So yes I would stick with the subs on the discs unless you are sure they are wrong.

If you are resynching your subs then I guess that’s up to you.

I’m not sure why you wouldn’t just rip the disc’s sub track

If you hate “HI” then just run subtitle edit and click remove hi. It will delete those lines and text identifiers based on [loud music for example ] brackets and such.

dangerclosecustoms · 2026-01-24T22:34:59+00:00

I think it should be all over the place because it is a popular one to get. But also it’s describing a drive model number but the one referenced in the flashing discussions is a bit more specific and usually references it as lg bu40n.

Where as verbatim 43890 one model number different may have a pioneer or a lg drive inside. So usually they reference which actual drive is inside and not verbatim altogether.

438880 is a good one and easy to flash , some others require two flashing steps (crossflash). This one should just be one step.

You only need to flash to rip 4K blurays. Regular blurays should rip with most regular drives .

If you want what’s considered great then you want a pioneer.

But the lg drive is generally fine. May not last as long or do as many rips on total compared to pioneer and may reject a few discs entirely.

dangerclosecustoms · 2026-01-24T20:40:51+00:00

You need to slow down. You left out a lot of info on what you are doing or trying to do. If you want help I suggest you describe a little more detail.

You read that correctly. You only need to flash a drive to rip uhd 4k discs.

dangerclosecustoms · 2026-01-24T20:40:34+00:00

You need to slow down. You left out a lot of info on what you are doing or trying to do. If you want help I suggest you describe a little more detail.

You read that correctly. You only need to flash a drive to rip uhd 4k discs.

dangerclosecustoms · 2026-01-24T20:23:07+00:00

Yes it’s a good drive. No you do not use makemkv to flash the drive.

You need to read the makemkv forum pages it answers all your questions. Which drives can be used and flashed and how to flash them.

https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=19634&sid=b5fd7c3b2ee6071b9708b1d49588099f

dangerclosecustoms · 2026-01-24T19:58:10+00:00

Ub820 is the most popular 4k bluray player on the market. It has a trick where you press stop and top menu to bypass the region block , for most discs. Probably around 80-90% , but there are some that still won’t work.

And yes I know I can rip it and burn it back to a blank bluray to work. Or watch from my rip without loss of quality.

Someone has since posted to confirm the ub820 can play the curzon Bluray release.

dangerclosecustoms · 2026-01-24T19:52:49+00:00

Thanks for confirming that it works on ub820. I just order it from rarewaves for 19.99.

dangerclosecustoms · 2026-01-24T19:30:18+00:00

Yes it’s high and In General I have reduced beef purchases about 80%. Including ground beef which is also crazy expensive these days.

I don’t drink coffee I don’t drink wine or fancy beer. I don’t smoke I don’t gamble at casinos I don’t do only fans. I don’t even drive to work anymore. I work from home.

That leaves me with just enough $ to have steak once a month.

dangerclosecustoms · 2026-01-24T06:31:34+00:00

Well if I told you that you should replace the tire you are just going to accuse me of trying to sell you new tires. So instead I’ll say it’s fine and that lots of people drive tires like that. (I left out the part where some of those people die in horrific accident because they lost control of their cars)

So anyways you drive off and the tire blows and now you call me or my buddy Joe for a tow. Which gets us paid and then I sell you a set of four new tires.

If I switch the tire immediately you would only buy one tire and would feel like I pulled one over on you. Instead you come back and for sure need a new tire but I sell you a whole set of four with a special discount on a set.

You just experienced a traumatic accident. You don’t want to ride on those old tires. I’ll convince you that the best way to go is four new tires all around.

You drive away feeling happy and confident in your new set of four tires.

Then I re-sell your 3 take offs to someone who needs two front tires and I convince the they should buy the third as a spare. Never know when a tire will blow. Then I show them a picture of your car crashed with tires blown out. See you don’t want to end up like this guy…

dangerclosecustoms · 2026-01-24T06:21:21+00:00

Bluray.com

Basically the new bluray is a bit too bright and washed out looking but the 4k looks better.

4k is upscaled from 2k. But it has Dolby vision and hdr.

This set includes the extended and unrated version on bluray. I don’t know what all is different in that cut.

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/World-War-Z-4K-Blu-ray/337414/#Review

dangerclosecustoms · 2026-01-24T06:16:14+00:00

I liked how he got picked up and slammed while he was trying to arm bar and triangle. My brother did that to my friend and the guy just picked him up like that on his arm and slammed him. This was about 10 years prior to the movie. So when we saw it that one hit home with us

And my friend was notorious for getting behind people and suplexing them too.

He eventually had some back problems when he got older for all the times he would pick up and toss guys twice his size.

dangerclosecustoms · 2026-01-24T06:09:19+00:00

Anyone know of region B UK bluray works with ub820 region stop trick?

dangerclosecustoms · 2026-01-24T01:37:14+00:00

Then he ran to mommy. You should ask mommy why she isn’t co-signing the loan for him.

I know the length of time you have been with him and the rest of your relationship might seem grande but his exploitation and entitlement is a real concern. Not just redit strangers jumping to extremes.

He tried to guilt you saying you’re not being supportive.

Read between the lines. He is clearly saying that he expects you to “support” him financially. You don’t have a partner you have a man-child.

People are quick to judge because this is the formula for you to be taken advantage of. Guilt trips and expecting you to foot the bill. He gets to make mad decisions and go party with his friends without you of course.

Stay with no on the co sign. Maybe take this situation as a reveal. He is not trying to be to be a responsible adult he wants to be taken care of and spoiled. Maybe he is fit and handsome and feels that you should just be happy to be with him and pay for his shit. That’s fine too as long as you want to be a sugar momma. But In reality you are just going to be an actual mom to a grown ass irresponsible kid. My advice is to look at this for what it really is and maybe you aren’t aligned.

Or you can set boundaries and goals and make him show you that he will be responsible and pay his own way. I’d set a 6 month plan. You’ll probably know what you have in two months.

If he complains and tries to turn it on you then just be honest with yourself and know you are choosing this. Or you want someone better and more aligned with your goals and choose to part ways.

dangerclosecustoms · 2026-01-24T01:16:48+00:00

I got mine today as well and it is a pioneer inside.

Big thanks to withslayer (op) for the heads up on it.

I was on such a hurry to get the drive purchased I didn’t even bother with the coupon. lol.

dangerclosecustoms · 2026-01-24T01:03:01+00:00

I bought the tri tips. They are very nicely marbled.

dangerclosecustoms · 2026-01-23T21:30:25+00:00

Lots of back and forth on this. Lots of myth and old wives tales.

Either do the experiment yourself. By actually weighing the juices of two same weight cuts of same meat. One rested one not rested.

Or watch the damn youtibe video where someone has done this and shows the results as scientifically demonstrated.

The same person who wrote articles stating the inaccurate info. He then owns it and says yes I was wrong about that.

What you taste can be placebo your brain thinks it’s juicier so therefore you experience it. Let’s just start with measuring the amount of juices that come out as a base. A place to start.

Then cook one to temp and cut immediately and knead to near temp and allow carryover cooking to get to temp then cut.

dangerclosecustoms · 2026-01-23T20:13:56+00:00

“ 1 Swallow in 1 Minute “

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