Customer reviews of the ASUS BW-16D1HT

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by francky14
Posted on 18 Jul 2024

Bought on 18 Jul 2024 from LDLC

Number of reviews: 36 Average rating: 9

Good Engraver

I've already had one for 4 years, I use it to back up my photos and personal videos on BDR XL and to convert audio CDs to Flac, it works well but 2 or 3 times out of a hundred audio CDs that I converted to Flac it didn't detect the CD which was nevertheless clean and made a popping noise (hence one star less), after ejecting the CD and re-inserting it did detect. Delivery time a little longer than usual but it's the sales (Ordered Friday morning received Wednesday noon). This one is for my HTPC in the living room, I think I'll buy another one to have one on each PC. Comes in a box with 4 programs that I haven't installed (I already have everything I need to burn and play blurays). It's a shame that there's no longer a Bluck version which cost 10€ less.

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by Thibaud
Posted on 16 Oct 2023

Bought on 13 Mar 2023 from LDLC

Number of reviews: 1 Average rating: 10

My experience with this product

The blu-ray/dvd player function works very well. I've placed it in an external box and I've had no problems whatsoever.

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by Vent-bleu
Posted on 19 May 2022

Bought on 23 Apr 2022 from LDLC

Number of reviews: 21 Average rating: 8

Very good quality for the moment!

Correct, meets advertised standards!
A first one bought a few years ago has been used intensively and perfectly.

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by Astarot
Posted on 2 Feb 2022

Bought on 30 Dec 2021 from LDLC

Number of reviews: 1 Average rating: 10

Compliant

product conforms to what was ordered and fulfils its function perfectly under windows 11

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by Nicolas R
Posted on 16 Oct 2018

Bought on 3 Sep 2018 from LDLC

Number of reviews: 11 Average rating: 9

No problem

I don't know what it's worth over time, but it does its job and quite well.

It burns and plays Blu-ray without any problem.

I'm not sure if it's a good one or not, but it's a good one, and I'm not sure if it's a good one.
I have to use Power DVD if I want to be sure to play my Blu-Ray.

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by Anonymous
Posted on 12 May 2018

Bought on 1 Mar 2018 from LDLC

Number of reviews: 1 Average rating: 8

Good, but!

I bought this player with the intention of playing blurays, which it does perfectly. However, I was surprised to find that it plays CDs and DVDs very randomly, some pass, others don't, I found that other users had the same problem. Given the primary use of this player, I did not look for more than 15 minutes at the drivers, which are certainly the cause of this problem.
That's why I give it a score of 4/5. Quiet, fast. The ASUS quality is there.

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by Victor Moreau
Posted on 13 Feb 2018

Bought on 1 Feb 2018 from LDLC

Number of reviews: 18 Average rating: 9

Good drive and burner

I took this product to be able to burn Blu-ray for my movies, despite a rather slow burning time this product works perfectly

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by Joseph
Posted on 17 Aug 2017

Bought on 19 Jul 2017 from LDLC

Number of reviews: 5 Average rating: 9

Quality player for the price

This Asus player is not free but it is indeed flawless. It's not necessarily the quietest on the market but that's mainly because of its speed. For those of you who aren't out 20-30 euros, this is the player to get to make sure you don't have any problems.

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by SylvainA
Posted on 10 Jul 2017

Bought on 12 Jun 2017 from LDLC

Number of reviews: 5 Average rating: 9

Very good player but without software

This player works perfectly, it plays both DVDs and Blu-rays and is a real treat. The only small problem for the player is the bright blue light that flashes during playback, it catches the eye in the dark.

ATTENTION: For the "Blu-ray news" you have to buy a software in addition to this player to play any Blu-ray. It's not like a CD or DVD (put it in the player and it works). Unfortunately it doesn't work like that. So if you buy a Blu-ray player in general, think that you will have to add roughly 100 euro for the purchase of a Blu-ray player software.... which is perfectly HONEST!!!

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by Anonymous
Posted on 25 Mar 2017

Bought on 10 May 2015 from LDLC

Number of reviews: 1 Average rating: 10

Engraver

I already had the same burner on an old computer. I use the same one on another computer. I am very satisfied (easy to assemble, read and burn without incident. I recommend this equipment.

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by Lionel R.
Posted on 23 Jan 2017

Bought on 26 Dec 2016 from LDLC

Number of reviews: 11 Average rating: 8

Single Blu-Ray player

This ASUS player was very easy to install, everything comes with it. The sober design is a positive point. The drawer opens without too much noise but when playing a Blu-Ray it makes a lot of noise.
For an entry-level device, the price is expensive but it is still one of the cheapest.
Average playback speeds are around 35MB per second on my computer.

Summary:

+ Sober design
+ Decent speed

- Price
- Noise when playing

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by Hennebert D
Posted on 11 Jan 2017

Bought on 21 Dec 2016 from LDLC

Number of reviews: 1 Average rating: 10

super!!!!

Part of the assembly of a tower ordered from ldlc. Nothing to say, great job, and well packed. Thank you to the whole ldlc team for your professional service. I love you guys.
Happy New Year to all.

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by Anonymous
Posted on 7 Jan 2017

Bought on 18 Dec 2016 from LDLC

Number of reviews: 1 Average rating: 8

Perfect, but...

I had a problem with the delivery of the parcel, I did not get my parcel on time because the parcel relay did not send a confirmation email that it had arrived.
I'm very happy with the service.

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by Cyril D
Posted on 6 Jan 2017

Bought on 21 Dec 2016 from LDLC

Number of reviews: 25 Average rating: 10

Effective product

The playback works well (blu-ray or not) and without noise, I haven't tested the burning yet but I'm not worried about that.

It's a good performer and does what it's supposed to do, I recommend this quality product!

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by Lycayote
Posted on 28 Dec 2016

Bought on 25 Nov 2016 from LDLC

Number of reviews: 14 Average rating: 9

A good buy for nothing!

Bought it to play, copy and burn Blu-ray, I was shocked when I realised that there was no Blu-ray software included to run it. Naive as I am, all software is not free and blu-ray technology is specifically designed to force us to pay for it quite often! It's installed in my tower, it duplicates the dvd burner, it's like going back to the days when you needed a player coupled with a cd burner. It's a good brand, reliable and solid. 2 stars less for the lack of playback software.

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by kesta sama
Posted on 30 Nov 2016

Bought on 27 Sep 2016 from LDLC

Number of reviews: 11 Average rating: 9

Does its job

Burns even old DVD-RWs that no longer fit in any other burner without any problems. Quite quiet.

Warning: this is an OEM product, so no software is included. Free software allows you to fully exploit it
(e.g.: ImgBurn for burning, VLC media player for DVD and BD playback - with libbluray).

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by IceTDrinker
Posted on 11 Nov 2016

Bought on 29 Oct 2016 from LDLC

Number of reviews: 15 Average rating: 10

Works well

I haven't tested the Blu-Ray burning yet but the optical drive works well.

The data rates are obviously limited by the mechanics, but you can't ask the moon from an optical drive :)

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by DenV
Posted on 13 Oct 2016

Bought on 11 Sep 2016 from LDLC

Number of reviews: 16 Average rating: 9

A good device

A BluRay burner that does what you want it to do, burn and play. I have tried burning CDs, DVDs and B-Rs with data, music and video, CDs and DVDs playable on my home DVD player (Not having a home B-R player yet, I have not tested B-Rs).
Some reviews of this device indicate a "light" quality of materials, I find that this one is well worth the other player-writers I have used so far; also the reported noise is non-existent.
The minus is the price, which is still high...

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by Gaetan Seigneur
Posted on 25 Jul 2016

Bought on 15 Jun 2016 from LDLC

Number of reviews: 7 Average rating: 8

Very good engraver

Very good burner it does what I ask it to do it goes very well with my configuration and I am very pleased with this great product delivered with burning software what more could you ask for :) fast and simple to set up!

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by benjaminsimonneau
Posted on 17 Jul 2016

Bought on 10 Jul 2016 from LDLC

Number of reviews: 24 Average rating: 9

Can do better with noise

Excellent product, just as the ASUS brand should be.
Easy installation in my beQuiet! Silent Base 800.
Instant installation on Windows 10.
So, obviously, Cyberlink PowerDVD or other mandatory to deliver blurays.

Only small flaw: always a murmur when playing the movie... can be annoying during the silent phases of a movie... Despite the soundproofing of my box. I thought that in 2016, the living room BR player could finally be replaced... Well no.

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by Laurent G
Posted on 6 Jul 2016

Bought on 20 Jun 2016 from LDLC

Number of reviews: 4 Average rating: 7

Good product

(note: only used for engraving, no reading)
After a couple of weeks the burner works well, no difficulties encountered.
The software is basic but does the job (backup essentially).
The drive is not particularly noisy and does not heat up more than average.

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by David
Posted on 16 May 2016

Bought on 23 Apr 2016 from LDLC

Number of reviews: 17 Average rating: 9

Owl engraver

Not much to complain about with this burner. It works like a charm, is not noisy at all and as a bonus, there is 6 months of free Asus Web Storage in the box :D
It also burns DVDs at 16x... which was not the case with my old burner which was also 16x.

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by Christophe N
Posted on 14 May 2016

Bought on 4 May 2016 from LDLC

Number of reviews: 12 Average rating: 9

Meets my expectations

I bought this drive to help me recover damaged DVDs. It didn't do any better than my old LG. It doesn't seem any more sensitive than any other. Otherwise it's all pretty much the same, I don't feel like one brand stands out from another. It's good stuff otherwise.

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by Utrillo.com
Posted on 4 Apr 2016

Bought on 4 Mar 2016 from LDLC

Number of reviews: 28 Average rating: 9

impeccable

installed in an ICY BOX IB-550StU3S
(USB3 and E-sata)
successful burning every time.
This solution is not bad because you don't need a burner all the time.
Bought it for backup on Blu-ray M-DISC ... 1000 year warranty (error rate of zero)
For small backups on DVD-RAM ... 100 years warranty and rewritable 100 000 times.

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by Aizen_Sama
Posted on 27 Feb 2016

Bought on 15 Feb 2016 from LDLC

Number of reviews: 6 Average rating: 10

yes baby

very good player writing as burning for the moment I can say only good I tested more than 50 DVD and frankly it deboite and no of rater see on time but if not ldlc always to the top fast delivery and very well packaged

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by Anonymous
Posted on 26 Feb 2016

Bought on 12 Feb 2016 from LDLC

Number of reviews: 1 Average rating: 7

Bluray Player

Mounted in a nice quality configuration, Asus Z170 deluxe, Asus turbo 970GTX, I7 6700K, DDR4 32GB, corsair 1000i platinium power supply. Good product.

negative note: Noise level a bit high for a product of this category.

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by schwechgo
Posted on 9 Feb 2016

Bought on 28 Dec 2015 from LDLC

Number of reviews: 2 Average rating: 10

Excellent

Finally a Blueray burner. Windows 7 pro. I started to archive my photos that I will probably never look at! But it will save me from sorting out 62,000 photos I got back unnamed from the 2T FREECOM NAS that failed for no apparent reason after 7 years of loyal service.

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by Nicolas F
Posted on 4 Feb 2016

Bought on 10 Jan 2016 from LDLC

Number of reviews: 3 Average rating: 9

Very good reader/writer, but limited software

I bought it as a replacement for a DVD player/writer that had given up the ghost, and I am completely satisfied with it. Silent, reactive, fast in reading, I only have to test it in writing. On the other hand, on the software side, it should be noted as indicated by others that the software provided by ASUS does not allow to read BluRays protected in AACS or BD+. To do this, you'll have to perform a few tricky manoeuvres (which don't work with all BluRays) or invest in proprietary (and not necessarily very efficient) software. So don't buy it as a substitute for a home player!

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by Peter P
Posted on 25 Jan 2016

Bought on 27 Dec 2015 from LDLC

Number of reviews: 1 Average rating: 10

A very good surprise

I am really happy with this and it suits me perfectly. It's a very nice surprise for me and a good improvement to my system. Thank you! (2) I am really very happy with this, which suits me perfectly. This is a very good surprise and a good improvement to my system. Thank you! (3) I am very happy with this and it suits me perfectly. This is a very good surprise and a good improvement to my system. Thank you! (4) I'm really happy with this.

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by Ludo974
Posted on 25 Jan 2016

Bought on 3 Jan 2016 from LDLC

Number of reviews: 16 Average rating: 9

very good product

I am copying another comment which for me is exactly the same thing
This engraver is of high quality.
The engraving is fast and without making waste.
The playback: impeccable.
CDs or computer DVDs, movies or music are played even when comparable drives fail.
Blu-rays? A marvel.
A complete success.

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by Detlev K
Posted on 20 Jan 2016

Bought on 1 Dec 2015 from LDLC

Number of reviews: 9 Average rating: 10

Very good product

This engraver is of high quality.
Engravings are fast and without waste.
The playback is impeccable.
CDs or computer DVDs, movies or music are played even when comparable drives fail.
Blu-rays? A marvel.
A complete success.

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by michel T
Posted on 18 Jan 2016

Bought on 20 Dec 2015 from LDLC

Number of reviews: 2 Average rating: 10

Bluray burner

I would recommend this product to anyone who wants to do a clean job. I recommend it to anyone who wants to do a clean job.

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by belzebutjc
Posted on 4 Jan 2016

Bought on 8 Oct 2015 from LDLC

Number of reviews: 18 Average rating: 9

A BRANDED READER!

and yes! it's an Asus! others also work very well.... this one is not noisy, it works very well, I was able to read a Blu-ray without any problem, I haven't tried to burn a Blu-ray yet.....
So good product, nothing to complain about!

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