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Looking at reader comments at newegg:

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Cons: -This is not a consumer product! Support for this drive is officially provided by: LGcommercial
-There are currently no Firmware updates
-LTH technology from Verbatim is currently not supported (if you use Verbatim, don't get LTH for this drive!)
-LG support for this drive seems to be very limitted. I asked for a firmware update for certain features and the reply was very generic and no hope of ever getting one.

Other Thoughts: This would have been a great drive if labled as a Commercial product. I would not recommend to buy it if you are planning to use this product at home. Support seems to be limited to companies only.

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SAYS OEM, but comes with everything

Pros: For an "OEM" burner, it comes with everything that normally comes with a "RETAIL" one, except a fancy wax-coated box with pretty pictures. It has software to burn BLU-RAYS! That is almost worth the entire cost of the drive. It costs nearly one hundred dollars to purchase software to burn Blu-ray disks. It came with a SATA cable AND a standard Molex to SATA power convertor. Literally everything you need to install and burn away, including one free disk!

Cons: None, whatsoever, except maybe it could be cheaper? I haven't tried to play using this drive, but I already have a Blu-Ray player.

Other Thoughts: Awesome kit. The software included (Cyberlink PowerDVD8) isn't perfect, but it's FREE! It took about 20 minutes to load it all. Within 2 hours of installing it, I had a 24GB Blu-Ray to test. Again, AWESOME. I was able to get 4 hours of HD content on 1 disk at full 1080P resolution.