Customer Ratings & Reviews

For the sale price of $20 I paid I’d say it’s worth it. But for the $40 retail value I’d say avoid and buy something else. This Dell external DVD is very very basic. I was surprised at how thin, flimsy and cheap it felt. But it works. And it was easy to set up using the included DVD software. It does tend to hesitate and buffer at times using the USB cable but I can live with that. Not sure how long it will last since it feels so cheaply made but for now I’m satisfied.

Quality product for the price. Easy to use. Worked perfectly.

Very happy, easy to install, and so far zero issues. Great price too.

My kids have the slim notebooks, and they got used to not being able to burn or read discs. Then one day they ask me if there's a way to hook one up, and is it expensive? I say I'm sure there is, and it's probably expensive. Well, I hop onto BestBuy.com and find that it's way cheaper than I expected (I was thinking over $100), so we online order for in store pickup. When we get it, my kid's like "Wow, it does DVDRW too!" What a deal! They said it's quick too!

Only used it 2 times so far. Set up was breeze and has worked great.

I like the external dvd drive. It is a little noisey, but it does the job. The price was good and I don't have any complaints.

It does as described! Fast transfer and long life use. Great storeage.

I like Dell products and the price was great -- about $20 with a promo. It set up easily, the cable worked using a Multi-Use Power Hub. One of the reasons I bought it was that TurboTax used a CD (2023 and earlier). Also a lot of pictures and videos are still on CD and I am too lazy and too cheap to upload them to the cloud.

My older HP OMEN began to die, so I purchased a new OMEN tower system. My old OMEN had a built-in DVD RW drive; for some reason HP didn't seem to think their new system needed one. Purchased this Dell DVD RW, plugged it in, and it works fine. A little noisy, but that's okay.

Works as advertised and is slim and easy to carry. With laptops giving up on CD/DVD drives this is a real help.

This unit does everything it claims it can do. The option to set up a monitor or TV to be able to play DVD movies worked well. The price was great and it worked well with my HP computer. I would recommend it.

After many years as an engineer, I retired and bought a new HP computer which didn't have a disk drive. Now 11 years later, I now want to review the info on my many old computer disks. I bought this Dell external drive. To install it I had "to plug it's cord into a USB port on my computer." That was it, and it is fully operational.

worlked as expected. needed a disk drive, as none of our newer laptops come with a disc drive. Needed to get info from some old discs, this did the job. also reads dvds .

Easy to work and it does a real good job Works well with laptop

Works great for a good price. Easy to use and a good size for a portable drive,

With external CD/DVD drives becoming scarce and no longer standard on most new computers, I couldn’t pass up the chance to grab this Dell USB Slim DVD+/-RW Drive for just $20. It’s a reliable brand, supports M-Disc, and is perfect for anyone who still prefers DVD backups like me. At this price, I even bought a spare to keep in storage for future use. Simple, functional, and a great deal for a quality product!

The external drive is plug and play. Just plug into an USB port and you are ready. Handles cd’s as well as dvd’s. It’s high speed and M disc capable. I don’t “burn” DVD’s so I can’t attest to that end of the software. I rated only 4 as slipping a disk into the drive is a tad wonky. I have read they are almost always that way on external drives but I feel that if internal drivers are better supported then certainly external drives should be as well. Basically you have to support the tray with one hand while inserting the disk. Also, the tray doesn’t slide all the way out for like internal drives do. This is my first external drive I have ever used so hard to know if they are all simply not made as well as internal dvd drives are or if there is some limitations for external drives which I find hard to believe there is with all the tech we have today. I went with Dell as it was purchased along with my Alienware laptop. Would have been nice if they offered it in white to go with the beautiful white of the Alienware. They missed out on a wonderful marketing tool where one would be more apt to buy any and all components in that silvery white color. To have matching components such as mouse, external drives, headset, etc, would show that their marketing team was thinking.

Does what we need. Can load older programs on new laptop. Also rip CD's to mp3.

Fits my computer and my needs. I have no problems with it at all.

Plug & play...space saving device that's simple and at a great price.