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Just back from China, bought some BD-R medias from various brands to test the compatibility of UN08 on GBW-T10N, think it might be useful for you guys:

If did not specify, all are BD-R Single Layer 25GB media, letter in red are the codes in the inner rim of the disc, might be useful to identify the discs. I will upload some photos later if possible.

Works
VERBAT-IM0-000 Verbatim 2x
TDKBLD-WBA-000 TDK Printable 2x
VERBAT-IMb-000 Mitsubishi DL 50G 1x
RITEK-BR2-000 RBD4R015 2x (this should be RiData/Ritek)

Does Not Work
PHILIP-R04-000 Philips 4x (can write, but failed to close the disc)
Daxon-R2X-000 BenQ 2x
BenQ 4x
TDKBLD-RBA-000 TDK Non-Printable 2x
LGEBRA-S04-000 LG 2x
INFOME-R20-000 BDR R20 2x

Not Tested
BDRIC-401 4x
BDRIC-402 4x
BD-R VIII 2x
CMCMAG-BA3 4x
INFOME-R30 4x
VERBAT-IMc 4x
OTCBDR-001 4x
ISMMBD-R01 4x

Nice info.

Thanks!

LGEBRA-S04-000 are not supported by the firmware. INFOME-R20-000 and INFOME-R30-000 are DVD+R. Do you really have BD-R with this MID?

Yes, I am quite sure I have BD-R with this MID, I will post the screen capture later, and there is another link to the item listed on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Printable-25GB-2X-Blu-ray-Blank-Disc-2-pack-BD-R_W0QQitemZ330361405153QQcmdZViewItemQQptZBI_Blank_Media?hash=item4ceb12fee1

Please refer to the compatibility list, the MID code is stated there.

Uploaded MID Info

Hello menmang,

please post the full MID. You may use dvdinfopro to get the full MID.

Screen captures uploaded for INFOME-R20-000 MID.

Shipments are on the way for the following BD-R SL discs, will post results once tested on GBW-T10N_UN08

CMCMAG-BA3
INFOME-R30
VERBAT-IMc
OTCBDR-001
ISMMBD-R01

Neither the LG BH08, BH10 nor Pioneer BDR-205 drives support INFOME or OTCBDR BD media at all. The BH10 supports ISMMBD-R01.

Here a the BD MIDs supported by the GBW-T10N UM08/UN08:

Hi ala42, you should post this info earlier, so I won't waste $ on INFOME-R20/R30,

Is MCSE 1.2.0.4 going to support GBW-T10N UM08/UN08? It is sure a exciting news if so.

You should not waste any money on cheap crappy BD disks. Even if they are supported and occur in the media list, the write quality is questionable, if the writer completes writing at all.
The next MCSE release supports the GBW-T10N. IIRC the riplock and RPC2 autoreset patches are available, I have to check this again.

Hi,

I had a problem with the same HL-DT-ST GBW-T10N model.
I buyed this model over internet and I install it on a "HP HDX 16" computer having Windows Vista. Everything worked fine until few weeks ago when I tried to install Windows 7. From this moment, every time when I tried to see a blu-ray disk I receive the message: "Cannot play back the inserted disc. Ensure the disc drive you are currently using supports the playback of protected AVCREC content."

I reinstalled Windows Vista, but the error message continue to appear. I suppose there is a firmware problem.
Here are the details from Disc Info:
Drive Information
------------------
Drive : HL-DT-ST BD-RE GBW-T10N
Type : Blu-ray Rewriter DL
Firmware Version : n225
Buffer Size : 2 MB
Date : ?
Serial Number : K4AFA221033
Vendor Specific :
Drive Letter : E:\
Location : 1:0
Mechanism : Tray
Read Speed : 102 X
Write Speed : n/a

Read CD Text : Yes
Return C2 Pointers : Yes
Read CD-R : Yes
Read CD-RW : Yes
Read DVD-ROM : Yes
Read DVD-RAM : Yes
Read DVD-R : Yes
Read DVD-RW : Yes
Read DVD-R DL : Yes
Read DVD+R : Yes
Read DVD+RW : Yes
Read DVD+R DL : Yes
Read BD-ROM : Yes
Read BD-R : Yes
Read BD-RE : Yes
Read HD DVD-ROM : No
Read HD DVD-R : No
Read HD DVD-R DL : No
Read HD DVD-RAM : No
Read HD DVD-RW : No
Read HD DVD-RW DL : No
Read HD-BURN : No
Read Digital Audio : Yes
Read CD+G : No
Read VideoCD : Yes

Write CD-R : Yes
Write CD-RW : Yes
Write DVD-R : Yes
Write DVD-RW : Yes
Write DVD-R DL : Yes
Write DVD+R : Yes
Write DVD+RW : Yes
Write DVD+R DL : Yes
Write DVD-RAM : No
Write DVD-RAM : Yes
Write BD-R : Yes
Write BD-RE : Yes
Write HD DVD-R : No
Write HD DVD-R DL : No
Write HD DVD-RAM : No
Write HD DVD-RW : No
Write HD DVD-RW DL : No
Write HD-BURN-R : No
Write HD-BURN-RW : No
Buffer Underrun Protection : Yes
Mount Rainier : No
SolidBurn : No
Labelflash : No
LightScribe : No
Modes : Packet, TAO, DAO, SAO, RAW SAO, RAW DAO, RAW SAO 16, RAW SAO 96, RAW DAO 16, RAW DAO 96

Region Protection Control : RPC II
Region : 2
Changes User : 3
Changes Vendor : 4

CSS : Yes
CPRM : Yes
AACS : Yes
VCPS : No

I downloaded the latest UN08 firmware, but I cannot make the update (maybe because the actual firmware is too old). Does somebody knows which is the solution to chnage the firmware? Do I have to install a previous firmware of UN08. Does somebody has it? Thanks.

n225 is not compatible with UN08 firmware.

Laptop drives follow other rules, they have OEM specific firmwares to work correctly.
I'm not so sure that the problems are firmware related but w7 related.

Thanks for your quick reply.
The reason why I thought that is a firmware related proble is because I reinstalled back the Windows Vista (where everything was OK) and still does not work.
Do you have any other idea about what the problem could be?

You reinstalled vist from a recovery partition or CD/DVD?

Before installing the Windows 7, I made a backup with Norton Ghost.
In order to reinstall the Vista version I used two ways: the first one by recovering the previous backup made with Norton Ghost and the second one by reinstalling Vista from a DVD (not from the recovery cd). The Vista version I used before (when it worked) was also from a DVD and was not the original installation.
The GBW-T10N Blu-ray was buyed after. The Blu-ray lector which came with the laptop work also on Vista and 7, but unfortunatelly it is not a Blu-ray writer. This is the reason why I replaced the original blu-ray with the GBW-T10N which has also the possibility to write Blu-ray.

what is giving the error message, windows itself or a third party software, you haven't say got nero installed? also ensure your graphics card drivers are upto date

The application which gives the error message is "HP MediaSmart DVD".
I tried also with "Power DVD Ultra v9" and "VLC Media Player" but I receive no errro with these applications ... simply does not play it.
Nero 9 is also installed.
The display drivers are up to date. If I put the original blu-ray player which cames with the computer, I can read the bd movies without any problem. The problems is that if I keep this player, I cannot write anymore blu-ray discs.