ASUS BW-16D1HT (Black) - Ultra-Fast 16X Blu-ray Burner with M-DISC Support for Lifetime Data Backup

Used for data back up for long-term storage and to read data stored years ago. It is doing a good job. Quiet when writing data at speeds of 6x and 12x. Can get noisy reading data at 24x - not a problem for me, but may become an issue for others. Front to back length is reduced compared to earlier Pioneer and LG drives. I expect this to have reduced durability compared to those, which were substantially heavier as well. November 2025 update: The Writer still works perfectly, reading CDs written in 1997, DVDs from 2001 onwards and Blu Ray discs of 25 and 50 GB, both BD-R as well as BD-RE, capacity written 2009 onwards.

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 ...

I bought this drive for ripping Blu-ray Discs for my oled collection. This is a perfect HW for that

I wanted a BluRay Burner so that I could watch BluRay movies on my HTPC. I was disappointed to know that VLC doesn't play such movies. I did try some of the online solutions, but none of them worked. The software that came with the package was a lite version and not the pro version, hence the one less star. The drive performs very well.

Nice product, easy to handle, burn blueray discs like charm, low noise while handling media.

I got struck with an issue of the disc not found for many cases. Since the product was on warranty, I tried reaching the Asus service for storage, dialled many centres and also sent email nobody responded. After somedays, Asus guy called me and said that i can go to a service centre in Chetpet. Asus team also approved the warranty via the email and they suggested me to reach the Chetpet service centre with the bill and the approved email copy. However, in the service centre, they said that they need another approval as its been purchased via Amazon. It took almost 15 days for them to approve the warranty. Finally they said that they are okay to replace the product that i purchased. However, they also highlighted that no warranty or guarantee applies if the newly replaced product didnt work. I just tried to understand the logic on how they are saying, is it not valid atleast for 6 months? What will a customer do if again a product got into an issue? its blu ray writer and it costs around 11k in market. I didnt see any reasonable justification from them. However, the customer service at Asus Chetpet team are so dumbo and rude that they laughed and said that this is the way they handle the things. Even the technical service team guys at Chetpet team, was pathetic enough to understand the question too. My suggestion is dont buy any asus products as well as dont rely on these kind of service centres. They treat people pathetically without any common sense.

Those who are looking for support to rip a UHD/4K BlueRay Disk this is the one you should go for. There is lower version of firmware which is available in the net which can be downgraded to rip UHD movies.

It does the job very clean not even a single disc waste Nice product