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The WH14NS40 by LG is a great buy if you want to rip your 4k blu-rays so you may play them on Kodi or Plex. It's considerably cheaper than the official 4k drives (maybe by more than half). Out of the box the drive will not read 4k discs (firmware v1.04+). However, there are easy methods to downgrade the firmware to the version that will (v1.02). It has been made truly effortless with new software that is available for free. Now you don't even have to switch your SATA to IDE (from AHCI) in the BIOS. All you need is the utility software and the .bin files to do the job. The version of firmware installed on the drive from the factory is one that resists a straight path down to the firmware version you want. So you will need to "sidegrade" to the version that will. But doing so is not a big deal with the utility. You simply load the version that will allow to be downgraded (v1.04 MK), and then go through the same process with the firmware version that will read 4k discs (v1.02). You can easily find in-depth information about how to downgrade online. Google the key words Makemkv, the model number of this drive, and the term “downgrade.”