(Re ASUS BW-16D1HT BR writer) Isn't this a straight-up case of lying in advertising?

invalid@example.com (mikeymikec), mikeymikec
Mon, 12 Jan 2026 08:34:38 +0000
Memory and Storage

BW-16D1HTï½Optical Drivesï½ASUS United Kingdom

ASUS internal Blu-ray drives open up the world of optical media with compatibility all the way to high-capacity BDXL â plus M-DISCâ¢ support to save your precious memories for a millennium. Every drive includes robust, professional backup software, so itâs easy to keep your data safe.

www.asus.com

Specifically its claim about BDXL support:

I don't have any BDXL writeable discs because they're very expensive, but my new drive couldn't read my Oppenheimer UHD disc at all until I upgraded the drive with LibreDrive firmware. LibreDrive firmware does strip out all the region-specific stuff, but as I understand it, many UHD discs are region free anyway (the packaging for Oppenheimer doesn't mention a region code either). The drive could read standard region B BR discs before the firmware upgrade.