4K UHD Blu-ray Playback on PC Desktop is officially dead in 2021?

[Uptight]

https://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.ph...&id=1746788660

With Pioneer now exiting the market, we will probably end up only with the LG/Asus trash... for now.

RIP.

[atonaldenim]

Sad to hear, thanks for the news. Disappointing, but not surprising. Hearing this motivated me to finally order a 5.25" 4K blu-ray drive for my PC project, I wish I hadn't put that off this long. There were definitely more options available on the market a year ago. If anyone else is looking, here's the best eBay used price I found this week: (and they accepted a lower offer than asking price) https://www.ebay.com/itm/226741714996

For a new one (with rip-unfriendly firmware) these are the most promising leads I found:
https://www.neobits.com/pioneer_bdr_...p23448728.html
https://www.neobits.com/pioneer_bdr_...p23448727.html
https://www.adorama.com/pibdrx13ubk.html (claims to be restocking in July)

For portable external drives looks there are more options out there still. Get em while you can!

[Foxwing59]

Doubtful that neobits is legit and highly unlikely adorama is going to be able to fufill their restocks of those. Portable ones are the best bets at the moment or searching around for a 212.