Customer Ratings & Reviews

I just replaced an old laptop and needed this because today's laptops are built without DVD players. I still like to listen to CDs and burn DVDs on occasion. Without this, my DVD ripper software license would be worthless. I removed this item from the box, removed all of the protective coverings, plugged it into my USB hub, and inserted a CD to test it. It was that simple.

Great compact external optical drive. Not too loud.

Long gone are the days when manufacturers put extra devices in laptops. There's no blame - most of the programs that are purchased are available online for download and installation. Every once in a great while, there's something that requires installation from DVD, and it appears that I have every object that requires computer control/interface that does not come with downloadable software. This works fine. It occasionally doesn't want to communicate with the computer, necessitating removal of the USB cable and reinsertion. It's loud, and it reminds me of an old 5 1/4 inch drive searching around for the software leprechaun. It seems a little slow, but that may be relative as we live in an era of SSD and internet connections that are in the hundreds of mbps. It's an OK drive. It does it's job, but there might be better ones out there.

My last dell desktop was bought in 2011 and worked great only upgraded because it would not accept widows 11. I love dell products

I bought this for my wife's laptop since it did not come with a DVD drive. It was easy to interface with the laptop and performed as expected.

Easy to use. Very slim and takes up little space.

I got Dell Notebook on Black Friday deal. But it does not have internal DVDRW drive built in. So I search it and fortunately It was on sale as well at half price. Slim size and works great with my Dell Notebook PC. I highly recommend it.

This external USB drive is very good and provides the functionality that I needed.

I like this item, especially now that we dont have cd or dvd ports on our laptops and computers anymore. Its easy to transport with and slim enough to fit into my laptop pouch.

Worked fine. Plugged in and ready to go. No complaints.

Laptop did not have internal cd/dvd drive. BestBuy gave a great price for this external one. You only need a USB port to connect it to PC. It is very light and easy to manage. It works great. Just be careful loading the disc into the drive it can easily get stuck inside it.

EASY TO USE, COMPACT ENOUGH TO SIT ANYWHERE, GREAT TO TAKE TO AND FROM THE OFFICE AND THE HOUSE.

Simple to operate, easy to install, does not take up a lot of space.

Works great. Easy to set up. Plays video CD as well audio CD. I have put in a varity of disk it read them all

I purchased this external dvd/cd for my desktop which did not have a slot or the cables for the internal dvd drive I had to return. I am happy with it. It works well very little noise and is fast.

This device turns your tablet into a compact computer. I use this to watch dvds or download apps to my tablets. It hits the nail right on the head without the laptop bulk.

Nice item, easy instal with everything needed in the box and no extra frills. Great price. Plug & Play.

Pretty straight forward easy to use disc drive for the plethora of laptops these days that no longer have disc drive when you need one to read a disc or as a bonus on this one, need to burn something to a disc as well.

Efficient easy to use. Was easily and immediately recognized by my operating system (WIN 11)

works well--easy to install-good price--glad I found it!