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Dell - DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black

Model:
DW316
SKU:
11068905
Highly rated by customers for:
$61.99

Customer reviews

Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars with 5882 reviews

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    Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars

  • Quality

    Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars

  • Ease of Use

    Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars

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95%would recommend to a friend
The vast majority of our reviews come from verified purchases. Reviews from customers may include My Best Buy members, employees, and Tech Insider Network members (as tagged). Select reviewers may receive discounted products, promotional considerations or entries into drawings for honest, helpful reviews.
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  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Very handy and usable external DVD computer drive.

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    Posted . Owned for 10 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Fantastic external dvd drive. It works well with my Lenovo notebook windows 10.

    This review is from Dell - DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Excellant addition to my laptop

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    Posted .
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This product worked as advertised. It is plug and play ready. Just plug it in to the usb port, insert a dvd and watch your media.

    This review is from Dell - DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Price

    Just what I needed

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Since new computer didn't have disc drive, I had to buy one. This was inexpensive and works fine.

    This review is from Dell - DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Usb

    Great USB disk

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    Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Works perfect,new laptops do not DVD disk drive. Does the job, would recommend.

    This review is from Dell - DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Playlist Master

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I make personalized playlists for my sister who still listens to CDs. This is a great product.

    This review is from Dell - DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Usb

    Great product, used often.

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Love being able to attach this product to any device I want to view a CD with, as well as create and burn CD's.

    This review is from Dell - DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    reliable optical drive

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    Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    does its job. needed this to install some old software

    This review is from Dell - DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Space

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    Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I got this harddrive to expand in my desktop space. It was easy to use and set up. Works great

    This review is from Dell - DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Usb

    Good DVD Reader for those without compatibility

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Works great with the Dell Laptop I brought from Best buy. DVDs are old school now, but this thing here makes it so that I don't need a built in reader on my laptop to use 'em.

    This review is from Dell - DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Has worked perfect...

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This writer and reader performs better than the drive that came with my laptop...portable and the results are much better.

    This review is from Dell - DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Helped me use an older program

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Found the computer that I wanted, but needed to be able to use an older program. This worked out great.

    This review is from Dell - DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Easy to use, good price, plugged right in

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    Posted .
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Easy to use, good price, plugged right in. I needed a CD player for an unexpected present from friends. This worked perfectly.

    This review is from Dell - DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Usb

    Works just like they used to!

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    Posted .
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Works great, basic CD, dvd drive. Works for what I need it to do, which is to view training programs on CDs.

    This review is from Dell - DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    DVD drive

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    Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    We only purchased to put a software program on our new laptop. It worked just fine.

    This review is from Dell - DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Price

    Good deal

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Heard it was one of the best and the price was in line.

    This review is from Dell - DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Usb

    Seems to work well

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    It seems to function as desired. I used it to install some software from a CD and it seemed to work well. No complaints here.

    This review is from Dell - DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Good buy at a great cost.

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    Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Very ease of use. So far I only used it to download software.

    This review is from Dell - DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Usb

    Great value

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Works just as well as a built in CD player, just plug into usb slot

    This review is from Dell - DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Overall performance

    CD drive

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    Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Works perfect since my laptop doesn't have a place that I can put my CDs or watch my movies.

    This review is from Dell - DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Great external dvd drive

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Easy to set up, solid design and work perfectly so far!

    This review is from Dell - DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
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