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Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars with 5604 reviews

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    Rating 4.6 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 find value in the DW316 8x Slim External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive's ease of use, compact size, and affordability. Many appreciate its compatibility with various devices and reliable performance for reading and writing CDs and DVDs. While some users noted the drive can be noisy, the majority of feedback highlights its positive attributes. The drive's lightweight design makes it convenient for portability.

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  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Best way

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

    Since computers do not have a disc drive anyone this is the best way to go .

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

    Continue using your CD/DVD's

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

    Excellent add on. Add an external DVD/CD drive to any laptop not equipped to enable continue using CD/DVD features.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    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.

    Definitely plug and play. Simple installation with windows 7 drivers. Plays both ntsc and pal dvds just as the internal drive.

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

    Perfect!

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

    This is great for listening to CDs. I thought I wouldn't be able to listen to my CDs anymore once I got my new computer. Extremely easy to use too

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

    Dell Slim USB DVD CD External Drive

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

    Easy install. Works great. The software included, however, is an older version and doesn't work. - but that is only for creating projects.

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

    Dvd/cd player

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

    Great deal. Works as it should! I would recommend it to family and friends!

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Gets the job done

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

    Fair price, simple device that did exactly what I needed.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Perfect laptop addition

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

    Great ad-on for a new Dell laptop. Worked easily and quickly out of the box. Also came with some cool software. Very reasonably priced too. Glad I purchased.

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

    cd drive

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

    needed it for my new dell lap top,great price and works great

    I would recommend this to a friend
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    Usb

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great way to read/write DVDs/CDs on a modern PC

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

    DVDs and CDs are nearly obsolete, so most modern computers (rightfully so) don't have optical drives of any kind. This is a quiet, plug & play DVD drive/burner for the instance when you need to read or write a CD or DVD on a PC that doesn't have one. I got these at a great price for store pickup and they have worked perfect since. Nice to have on hand.

    I would recommend this to a friend
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    Usb

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Yes I am one of those who still copies CDs

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

    I know in this day and age no one uses optical drives anymore but I am a person who still uses CDs because it's another source of data back up because hard drives and ssd's can still fail when saving data so I decided to buy an external dvd burner to continue to copy data on to CDs. This drive works just like any other optical drive but keep in mind this external USB dvd burner uses 2.0 speeds so it's a tiny bit slower compare to a regular SATA optical drive but it works just fine as it does what I need to do. I should add here this drive doesn't need a power adapter as the USB 2.0 cord powers it on when you connect it to your laptop.

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

    Useful.CD drive

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

    Does what it's supposed to do. Useful for laptops without a drive. Obviously can play CDs or burn audio off the computer.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Dell-USB Slim DVD purchase

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

    A salesman at Best Buy recommended this drive and I am very happy with the performance. I also like how thin it is resulting in needing little space.

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

    Great For PC & Mac

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

    Lightweight drive is great for PC or Mac. Burns discs and works good without needing to install any special drivers.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    DVD

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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, easy to use. Price is very reasonable.

    I would recommend this to a friend
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    Ease of use
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    Noise

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Very good read/write DVD remote USB drive

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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 portable USB DVD read write disk player/recorder - works great but a bit noisy . . .

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Worked great

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

    I needed an external disc drive and this filled the bill perfectly. I like the price point, the ease of use and it arrived when it was expected. All in all perfect experience.

    I would recommend this to a friend
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    Size
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    Software

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Fast and Easy

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

    The DVD drive is very slim and fits just about anywhere. Very fast and easy to set up. The included software is OK, but other third party video software works better.

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

    Handy for those that need it.

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

    I had to get an external DVD drive because my new Dell laptop does not have an internal DVD drive. This one was on sale because I bought it the same time as the laptop. It works fine. It is very fast and lightweight.

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

    Plug n play

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

    Works great, completely plug and play with my Dell desktop.

    I would recommend this to a friend