A:AnswerThe LG - 8x External USB Double-Layer DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive, Model # SP80NB80 works with Chromebook, but there will be major limitations. Chromebooks can read CD, CD-RW, DVD, and DVD-RW, discs using a proper external USB DVD/CD drive. Chrome OS can read files on these disks if they are a supported file formats. This means you can easily open image or audio files in ChromeOS from files on a CD or DVD but it does not have the necessary codecs to play DVD files. You can connect a CD or DVD player on a Chromebook and use it read read data files if you have a disk written in data format. You cannot play an audio CD or a movie on a DVD or Blu-ray and you cannot write anything to a CD, DVD or Blu-ray disk. Chrome OS does not support optical disks to let you play music or movies. The primary reason for this is that Chrome OS doesn’t come with codecs. Codecs are necessary to compress and decompress large files like DVD videos. If you want to play DVDs on your Chromebook, you’ll need to install Linux. External DVD drives aren’t officially supported on Chrome OS. ^Daphane
A:AnswerI have only used it with my desktop computer, and it does work with that for playing music CDs. I haven't tried using it with my stereo system.
A:AnswerPlease contact LG Customer Support by direct message via Twitter (@LGUSSupport) or Facebook Messenger (https://www.facebook.com/LGUSA/). Please be sure to provide your name, phone number, address, email, model/serial numbers, and date of purchase and we will be happy to assist you. There are policies and procedures in place to ensure resolutions are consistent and fair. I am confident that we will work to provide an agreeable resolution.^Venette
A:AnswerCompatible operating systems for this unit include Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP and Mac OS X. ^Daphane
A:AnswerOptical drives do not have any storage capacity beyond the medium used. A CD-R disc contains about 700MB of storage capacity. A DVD-R or DVD+R disc has about 4.7GB of storage capacity. A dual layer DVD-R or DVD+R disc has about 8.5GB in storage capacity. The actually storage capacity is about 5-10 percent less than the rated capacity because of formatting.
Depending on how much storage capacity you require, a better [and less expensive in terms of how much you pay for each GB of storage] option for doing a hard drive back up is either an external hard drive [HDD] or an external Solid State Drive [SSD] as they have larger storage capacities than CD-R/DVD-R/BD-R discs can offer. Some people suggest backing up to the cloud, but I prefer not to entrust sensitive data to complete strangers.
A:AnswerAs far as I can tell, no. This question has been asked and the answers go both ways. Some people say yes (but haven't tried it) and some say no. I have not tried it in my car but it is designed for a computer so it doesn't have anti-skip or shock features (to speak of) plus, because it needs a driver, the car probably won't support it.
A:AnswerAs long as your gaming PC meets the system requirements for the LG - 8x External USB Double-Layer DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black, Model # SP80NB80, you can use it to download and install your Windows 10 software CD...^IFV
A:AnswerYou can install a music CD into the LG 8x External USB Double-Layer DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black, Model # SP80NB80 to rip your audio CDs to create digital music files in MP3, AAC, FLAC, or another format and listen to those rather than rely on the physical discs themselves. Ripping CDs is fairly simple, and you can use iTunes or a more advanced program like EAC to do it. Once you’re done, you can move those digital music files to the computer without the disc drive..^IFV
