LG Electronics Blu-ray DVD Writer (BE16NU50 )

LG M-Disc Blu-Ray DVD Writer BE16NU50This LG Blue-Ray Disc/Extra-Large M-Disc (BDXL) Blue-Ray Writer was tested to help a friend, in panic over the current Solar Flares, Military Electromagnetic Pulse Weapons and WannaCry Ransomware Problems, all which can permanently wipe out your Data, Cell Phones, Computers and most all electronics. The “Carrington Event” on Sept. 1-2, 1859 was the largest geomagnetic storm ever recorded and knocked out America’s Telegraph Systems. According to EMP Scientists, we are unprepared for another, past due, event such as the 1859 Solar Event. In addition, we are not prepared for any EMP Weapon Strike as well and Scientists believe much of the worlds Digital Data and computer controlled systems could be lost, due to a major EMP Event from the sun. This is the main reason M-Disc Technology was developed.The LG M-Disc Writer (BE16NU50) works quite well, however, users should try to understand, the overall success of any M-Disc, or Blue-Ray Extra-Large Writer (BDXL) must have enough Computer Memory, Free Drive Space, up to date CPU, and Software which can recognize the drive and perform the functions to backup or reproduce Digital Data to the special M-Disc Media. M-Disk Media is not distorted by Solar Flares, EMP, Water or Heat Damage and the written data is preserved on M-Disk Media for 50-1,000 years, so they say, where other types of media such as, magnetic types and standard CD’s, DVD’s, Blu-Ray Disc’s, Hard Drives and USB Drives will lose their data after a strong Solar or EMP Event.Without the correct Software, most computers will not recognize the drive because it is designed to Read & Write Extra-Large Blu-Ray Files and Write to a specific type of Disc, which has a very hard surface.Software that comes with the unit is for Windows computers, so with a MacBook Pro, I had to call support to find out what software they recommend for Mac Computers. Two of the recommended software programs worked well. But you have to keep in mind, if the LG M-Disc Writer fails on a Disc, it’s not the Hardware, it’s the software, lack of memory, CPU’s too slow for this type of work, or not enough Free Space on your hard drive.The free software for Mac is called “Burn”, it works well, but it does not have “error correction” and if you unknowingly try to write files with greater than 64 characters, the program will start to write, but as soon as it sees a file name longer than 64 characters it will close the session and give you and error and wasted disc. The second program is ExpressBurn and cost $60.00 and will not let you write to a disc that has errors and will have a popup screen identifying any files, which need to be corrected. The third software, Leawo Blu-Ray Creator for Mac cost $40 as a subscription and $60 to own, but the specifications do not list the software as capable of writing BDXL Files, so it wasn’t tested. An old version of Titanium Toast 12 was tested and worked without issues. Four other try before you buy programs were tested before calling LG and just did not work well writing BDXL Files. So the LG M-Disc Writer is only as good as the software you use. If you have issues with Disc Errors and failed write to disc, look for better software.Overall I give the LG M-Disc Burner BE16NU50 “Five Stars”, it performs well when used with a computer system with enough memory, quality CPU, 50 GB or more empty hard-drive space and quality software, designed for BDXL Files and M-Disc, for archiving Data, Photos, Videos, Music and other Digital Data needed for Long Term Storage and Preservation.The LG M-Disc Burner BE16NU50 is a dependable device, if you experience any problems, please consider your computers CPU, how up to date it is, how much memory you have available to do work, if you only have 4 GB of memory, your computer may be using as much as 2 GB after boot up and any Disc Writing may be very slow or fail, empty hard-drive space is important for preparing files to be written and software will determine the success in writing files without errors. This LG Writer was tested with a MacBook Pro, OSX Sierra, Ver. 10.12.4, Processor 2.9 GHZ Intel Core i7, with 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 Memory, at least 75 GB of Free Space was available during tests.Note: To better understand the EMP Dangers of loosing your valuble data, go to the empcommision dot org and read their Executive Report.Good Luck

So far so good. I have a MAC Pro computer and laptop. The Clearlink app/disk does not work with Mac, but there are a couple of work arounds. You just have to search. I searched "Clearlink Bluray alternatives for MacOS". Found several applications. So keep in mind this machine costs more than the purchase price. Eventually, my computer recognized the machine on it's own, but I used an old version of Toast (a small app on the App store) and it worked great. The current Toast App is now a lot more expensive because it does more than burn disks, so I am happy I have the old beta version from a few years back.The enclosed cords work well, the power cord should be longer, but it is adequate. The machine looks like it is all brushed silver, but it is white with a silver front. Heavy duty, and should be considered for office/home only, but that is what I wanted. Takes a long time to burn, but I think it is the same as a DVD burn, as far as time per gigabyte.Overall, great burner that is worth finding the work around on my MAC. I am so excited to be able to condense my photo archives on fewer disks. Big time saver!

This was a 5-star rating initially because it worked extremely well at first. Now, after less than 90 days, it fails to burn a DVD 100% of the time. It's still under warranty, but still ... ...In the meantime, I have reinstalled the older, slower Samsung burner and it works just fine. In other words, it's not a batch of bad discs.My earlier reivew:Both read and write functions are excellent. This is larger than most external DVD/Blu-ray burners, but still fits well where my previous burner was. The only problem I've encountered is that the cable provided is too short. A 30" cable may be sufficient for many people; for me, it is not. Fortunately I had a USB extension cable. I had initially given this burner a 4-star rating because of the cable, but 30" is probably sufficient for most people. Still, I'd encourage LG to include at least a 36" cable and slightly longer would be even better.