Please stay on topic

[Dogsparky]

Someone told me to go for either the lg wh14ns40 or 16ns40 and no one has been able to give me a clear answer on this or help me find the right one.
https://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=9SIA9PV3Y...
https://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=9SIA85V3N...
I am highly confused with this as if I go to amazon I see that second drive I posted in the pictures saying it is either a wh14ns40 or a 16ns40 but how can they both be the same drive when they look different when some people say one is a bad one and all that and one guy on tomshardware said that the second one was a uh12ns30 but I see pics on pcpartpicker and amazon under a wh14ns40 that looks just like it so can anyone help me find the right one?
https://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=9SIA5B534...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B007VPGL5U/ref=mp_s_a_1_...
https://www.amazon.com/review/reviews-lightbox//ref=cm_...


Here is a picture of a lg uh12ns30 on new egg


https://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=9SIA4A03X...

 

Had someone on here help me earlier today but trying go find out what one is the one I need to get because apparently one won't support windows 10 or something 

 

And please stay on topic as people go and say "do you really need one" or yes lg is a good brand or something.

I am just trying to figure out of those why they are look different butbyet labeled the same model and if so which one is the newest and wby some people say metallic looking one is the "real" one 

[TheNuzziNuzz]

What does please stay on topic have to do with your question?

[AlwaysFSX]

Why is your post a giant white block?

[Guest Kloaked]

1 minute ago, TheNuzziNuzz said:

What does please stay on topic have to do with your question?

Please stay on topic.

[MadOrc]

1 minute ago, TheNuzziNuzz said:

What does please stay on topic have to do with your question?

I think he just wants a straight answer, maybe asked before but got a garbled response. Anyway, we should better get on topic.

[TheNuzziNuzz]

The better one is the first options 16x version. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16827136269

[Guest Kloaked]

3 minutes ago, MadOrc said:

I think he just wants a straight answer, maybe asked before but got a garbled response. Anyway, we should better get on topic.

They already posted multiple threads about this and they were given an answer.

[TheNuzziNuzz]

The only difference bettwen the 16vs14 is the write speed, from what I can tell.

[TheNuzziNuzz]

1 minute ago, Kloaked said:

They already posted multiple threads about this and they were given an answer.

Wheres a moderate when you need one! (No disrespect)

[Dogsparky]

1 minute ago, TheNuzziNuzz said:

The better one is the first options 16x version. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16827136269

So I don't want the one with the metallic looking faceplate then?

[TheNuzziNuzz]

2 minutes ago, Dogsparky said:

So I don't want the one with the metallic looking faceplate then?

I don't understand your question.

[Dogsparky]

5 minutes ago, MadOrc said:

I think he just wants a straight answer, maybe asked before but got a garbled response. Anyway, we should better get on topic.

Yes I have been getting weird answers because of the fact that lg is weird how they have two different products with the same model name and it is confusing.

 

Either that or one is a older version but I can't figure out which one because the 14ns40 has two different looks to one looks nice the other looks plain if you look and can't find out which one is newer/older 

[TheNuzziNuzz]

1 minute ago, Dogsparky said:

Yes I have been getting weird answers because of the fact that lg is weird how they have two different products with the same model name and it is confusing.

 

Either that or one is a older version but I can't figure out which one because the 14ns40 has two different looks to one looks nice the other looks plain if you look and can't find out which one is newer/older 

I already gave you my answer. This sort of thing really doesn't matter. Looks are personal preference. The one I mentioned above is both on sale, and better than the other option you proposed.

 

If your question is answered, please make sure to mark a post solved so other people with the same question can find their answer sooner.

[Dogsparky]

Just now, TheNuzziNuzz said:

I don't understand your question.

If you look at the links you can see that the wh14ns40 has a different products with the name of wh14ns40 and reviewers in amazon saying they didn't get what they ordered and a that.

 

even though there are ones that look like both but labels wh14ns40 it is the Ame thing with the wh16ns40

[TheNuzziNuzz]

1 minute ago, Dogsparky said:

If you look at the links you can see that the wh14ns40 has a different products with the name of wh14ns40 and reviewers in amazon saying they didn't get what they ordered and a that.

 

even though there are ones that look like both but labels wh14ns40 it is the Ame thing with the wh16ns40

Honestly have no idea, and this really isn't a question I can answer.

[Dogsparky]

2 minutes ago, TheNuzziNuzz said:

I already gave you my answer. This sort of thing really doesn't matter. Looks are personal preference. The one I mentioned above is both on sale, and better than the other option you proposed.

 

If your question is answered, please make sure to mark a post solved so other people with the same question can find their answer sooner.

Bit its the same deal with the 16ns40 if you look at the links where all are fly they are two different drives and I'm not sure or not

[ARikozuM]

23 minutes ago, Dogsparky said:

Bit its the same deal with the 16ns40 if you look at the links where all are fly they are two different drives and I'm not sure or not

Revisions like this are common in technology.

Several products may come out using the same shell with varying components is not unheard of. I would recommend getting either as they are both good drives, though I'm using the WH16NS40 since it's newer.

[Dogsparky]

2 hours ago, ARikozuM said:

Revisions like this are common in technology.

Several products may come out using the same shell with varying components is not unheard of. I would recommend getting either as they are both good drives, though I'm using the WH16NS40 since it's newer.

So the two 16ns40 with different faceplates are the same one just one has an older faceplate and the other has a newer one tbatbthey add to the other drives after the initial release then

[Dogsparky]

2 hours ago, ARikozuM said:

Revisions like this are common in technology.

Several products may come out using the same shell with varying components is not unheard of. I would recommend getting either as they are both good drives, though I'm using the WH16NS40 since it's newer.

Because if you look at the 16ns40 on new egg or pcpartpicker and find the pics it will have two different shells saying they are 16ns40 butbat this moment I looks like it doesn't matter what shell 

[ARikozuM]

2 minutes ago, Dogsparky said:

So the two 16ns40 with different faceplates are the same one just one has an older faceplate and the other has a newer one tbatbthey add to the other drives after the initial release then

They have different internals allowing the 16x to run/spin a bit faster in conjunction with the laser and that's about the only difference. These revisions are common in technology. They both support M-Disc, Blu-ray, DVD/CD. There is only one difference between the two. The only major difference is the writing speed at 16x vs 14x.

[Dogsparky]

32 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

They have different internals allowing the 16x to run/spin a bit faster in conjunction with the laser and that's about the only difference. These revisions are common in technology. They both support M-Disc, Blu-ray, DVD/CD. There is only one difference between the two. The only major difference is the writing speed at 16x vs 14x.

I'm talking about both versions of the 16ns40, there are two versions of it with different plates like this but both are listed as the wh16ns40

[ARikozuM]

8 minutes ago, Dogsparky said:

I'm talking about both versions of the 16ns40, there are two versions of it with different plates like this but both are listed as the wh16ns40

 

The one that I'm using is the one on the bottom (referencing the tower in your photo), but two explanations could be scam or regional difference.

[Dogsparky]

16 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

The one that I'm using is the one on the bottom (referencing the tower in your photo), but two explanations could be scam or regional difference.

Even in lg's website it has the top one so cold be that the other one the top one is a newermodel with a different faceplate with the same hardware?  Or they have a faceplate with the retail box and whatnot and do something different for OEM?

[Dogsparky]

20 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

The one that I'm using is the one on the bottom (referencing the tower in your photo), but two explanations could be scam or regional difference.

http://www.lg.com/us/burners-drives/lg-WH16NS40-internal-blu-ray-dvd-drive

 

Possibly could be a reference thing where sit shows a stock image of a drive saying this is what the drive looks like as if you are buying retail and gives you the newest version or the one you picked so maybe a marketing thing?

[ARikozuM]

Just now, Dogsparky said:

Even in lg's website it has the top one so cold be that the other one the top one is a newermodel with a different faceplate with the same hardware?  Or they have a faceplate with the retail box and whatnot and do something different for OEM?

Anything is possible. OEM's usually create faceplates for themselves as can be seen in laptops and major pre-builders like Dell and HP.