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Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars with 5859 reviews

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    Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars

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    Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars

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    Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars

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95%would recommend to a friend

Customers are saying

Customers enjoy the DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive for its ease of use, overall performance, and convenient USB connectivity. Many appreciate its perfect size, good value, and broad compatibility. While some users have noted occasional noise, the drive is generally well-received for its functionality.

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  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Works good

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

    Used for loading SW. Nice to not have to add the size and weight to the laptop. Just plug it in when needed. Very good design plan for the long term.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great External Drive for legacy users

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

    Few of my work items are still stored in Disks. This is the best external tool I have ever seen to work with DVD/CD reading and writing.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Working DVD player

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Connected it by USB cable, inserted set up disc and followed prompts and all this lead to allowing to watch movies on my laptop.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Good cd drive

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

    Bought this so I could have a optical drive to use with my MacBook and my office all in one loads pretty fast and quiet no power required

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Cons mentioned:
    Noise

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Works great with DELL laptop

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

    Bought this for my DELL Inspiron 15 laptop which didn't come with a CD/DVD drive since I needed to install software from a disc. Works great, although it is a bit noisy as other reviewers have mentioned.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Gets the job done

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

    With new laptops not having internal cd/DVD players, this device does the trick. I've used it to install programs that I only have on disc

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Easy to install and use

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This item was very easy to install and comes with a power cord to use in addition to the USB, if needed. Very easy to use.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    DVD/CD burner

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

    Bought to hook up to laptop. Easy to use and good quality.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Good value

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

    Use only when looking at older formats but works great. Good value.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Perfect fit and ditch the enclosed DVD.

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

    Perfect to use and like the slimness. I gave it a 9 as the included software disc was useless as some other administrator to bless other than me and I bought both the laptop and dvd player.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great external drive

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Bought to use with a new Dell lap top that does not have a dvd drive. Still using dvd for some back up like photos.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Portable CD/DVD Burner

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

    Works great for laptop especially when mobile on the go with my studio!

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Portable DVD player, recorder.

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Works fine, large enough to use easily, and much better than the ones that come with my laptops (2).

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    External Storage Device

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

    Worked great. Geek squad set up for me and made my backups for me on this external storage device.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Very excellent DVD Drive.

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    Posted . Owned for 3 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Very excellent DVD Drive. All I needed to do was to plug it in. It set up itself.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Perfect for a drive-less laptop!

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

    This worked perfectly -- plug and play -- for my laptop that wouldn't otherwise have a disc drive. Super lightweight and easy to use!

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great little auxilary drive

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

    Unfortunately my new computer didn't come with a drive and this makes it handy for me to install some of my programs and games.

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

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    work good

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

    My Windows labtop & tablet does not have a dvd/cd writer/reading and I needed someway of installing the old program that I have and the drive does that

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great!

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

    Bought this since computers don’t all have CD drives anymore. It’s great to take when you travel to watch a movie. Easy to use.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    External drive

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Glad I can use this with cd apps. Will help greatly.

    I would recommend this to a friend