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  • Front. Dell - USB Slim DVD+/- RW Drive - Plug and Play - DW316 - Black.
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Dell - DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive - Black

Model:
DW316
SKU:
4697703
Highly rated by customers for:
$49.99

Customer reviews

Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars with 5871 reviews

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    Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars

  • Quality

    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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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.

    I would recommend this to a friend

  • 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
  • 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.

    I would recommend this to a friend

  • Easy to use

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

    small and easy to use. Just plug in to computer. Recommend

    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.

    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.

    I would recommend this to a friend

  • Mr. Ott

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

    With your sales team support I would have been lost without the information he provided about the dvd read/write. His sales knowledge, professionalism along with timely response was great.

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

    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

    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.

    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

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

    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

    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

    External DVD 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.

    Dell external DVD drive was easy to set up and use.

    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!

    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

    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.

    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.

    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.

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

    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

    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 great straight out of the box. Needed for my Surface Go

    I would recommend this to a friend
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