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Pros

It feels sturdy and well-made. Super de diddly duper price for product. It's very quiet. Nothing more to tell.

It works with laptops, desktops, and even some tablets. This broad compatibility ensures that i can use it with multiple devices without any compatibility issues. It has a long enough usb cord that you can set it next to the computer and eject the tra...  Read More

Top-notch performance with fast and reliable data transfer speeds. Uses dbpoweramp for ripping and this device regularly outperforms my $90 apple superdrive, regularly getting verified reads on discs that superdrive rips insecurely. Works great, very ...  Read More

I watched one of my favorite color dvd movies on it, to test it, it's fantastic. It does exactly as is stated. Do recommend it.



Cons

The manufacture feels amazingly cheap. The drive is light weight and flimsy. Returning this pathetic hunk of plastic right away.

Amazon wants it packed up and sent back to get refunded. Would not buy it again. Save your money and get something nicer. Don't need the aggravation.

It only recognizes and plays a dvd when it is inserted about 40% of the time. It makes constant seek sounds that sometimes result in pauses in play. This tells me that the laser carriage (or whatever it's called) is moving around so much that it can't...  Read More

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Quality


Never caused me any problems, quiet and slim, very good quality.


Literal plug and play replacement for the broken internal dvd plyer/recorder.


A bought it afraid that the unit wouldn’t work properly, i own a brand new hp a i7 processor laptop, i red reviews saying that ...  Read More


This dvd drive is bare bones, for sure -- very small footprint, one light, one button, one cable, not much to it.

Price


This is an inexpensive solution to the computer manufactures who don't put optical drives in the pc's anymore.


I give it 4 stars because i doubt true audiophiles will be using this bargain external.


I would not have been surprised to have to pay $100 for a dvd drive, but this one was less than a good meal.


Can't beat it for the price point.

Shipping


The only thing i wasn't impressed with is that it took over two weeks to process my order, then it shipped to salt lake city, t...  Read More


So the order took a full month to make it to me.

Competitiveness


They have scores of offerings and this is not the least expensive but lg is a well known brand and the performance is outstanding.


It also spins up faster than that dell.

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  • Our engine has detected that Amazon has altered, modified or removed reviews from this listing. We approximate total reviews altered up to 656.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 14,267 reviews as of our last analysis date on Aug 21 2024.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Allowed me to access old photographs copied to cds on my macbook air that lacks cd capabilities


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Literally plug it in and pop in a disk


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    This dvd writer uses a micro usb connection


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I cant understand why the manufacturer would not use the current usb c standard


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Way smaller than i thought and feels incredibly cheap but it works and it works well


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It is becoming harder to find a portable dvd player for laptops


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Our external dell dvd drive on a dell desktop was starting to flake out and we needed a replacement

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