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Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars with 5763 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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  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Needed to burn my cities worked perfect on what I

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    Posted . Owned for 5 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Needed to burn my cities worked perfect on what I needed it for

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Exactly what I needed

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

    Super simple - definitely a plug-and-play item! Have not tried the burner feature yet but this worked for what I needed.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great external device

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

    So simple to use! Plug and play... Comes with software.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Good Deal

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

    Very good for the price. It does everything my old internal drive did.

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

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Good

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

    Basic, it gets the job done. It's just simple and works alright. A little loud but not too bad.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Easy to use

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

    It works well and is easy to use. Not much else to say.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    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.

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

    Awesome

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

    Works great with my laptop, good speed, no bugs.a must have

    I would recommend this to a friend
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    Usb

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    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.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    my music

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

    working great for the purpose of listening to cd's and down loading to files

    I would recommend this to a friend
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    Ease of use

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    External DvD player

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

    Works great, so much easier than installing a player in computer

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

    Easy additional feature

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

    Easy addition to my new laptop without having to customize the laptop.

    I would recommend this to a friend
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    Usb

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Works just like they used to!

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    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.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Does the job

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

    The external drive was quick and easy to install. So far, I've only used it to retrieve photos and data from CDs. Good value.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Perfect

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

    Just what he needed. Work great. Will be purchasing another unit

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    works great

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

    works well and it is handy that you can just slip it in your computer bag to take with youy.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Excellant addition to my laptop

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    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.

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

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    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.

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

    Good product

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    Posted . Owned for 7 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    What’s good on my Alienware had no problems installing it

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    A must have

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

    Very useful and must have. Works great. Nice and compact. Reads and write the dvd.

    I would recommend this to a friend