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Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars with 5750 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, Size

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Love it, very handy!

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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...In a time when cds and dvds have gone to the wayside, I’m glad to have something to download my music and pictures from cds and dvds. I love it.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great value.

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

    It was just what I needed. Easy to use. External device for DVD is great.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Perfect for new touch PC

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

    I was hesitant, was not sure I was buying the right DVD RW drive to run a turbo tax program. I also burned a back up disk on a blank DVD recordable disk.......good price and lightweight . Plug and play

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

    Replacement drive

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

    Bought this to replace the drive that failed on my desktop. Quick, easy, and affordable fix. Pugged it in and started ripping my DVD collection. works great! so glad I bought this.

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

    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.

    Great addition to my laptop. Plays and writes dvds. What little I have used it is good. Easy to connect and figure out. Great price for this product. Instructions could be easier to understand.

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

    Reader review

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

    Product works great. I have been using it with no problems.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Easy to use! Plug and Play!

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

    Easy to use! Plug and Play! Slimmer with a small footprint

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    External Laptop DVD player

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

    Easy setup. Plug and play. USB external DVD player. I would recommend it.

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

    Great drive

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

    Works perfectly with my Dell laptop. No set up issues and went right to work. Only issue I had is the fact the unit is so light, you have to hold the body to push the tray in to close. But small price to pay for a single wire, lightweight drive to use with my laptop.

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

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Nice Item

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

    Small, compact, light, easy to use! Was on sale got for 1/2 price!

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

    So far, so good

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

    So far, so good. I bought one of these and haven't used it much in like other say, it is a kind of delicate design So just be careful with it. I got two when they went on sale and use some of my reward points to pick up the second one. I will leave a review in a couple of years again.

    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
  • Pros mentioned:
    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 5 out of 5 stars

    It works

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

    Works well with both my data and music CD/DVDs. I've missed having a built-in drive since I got a new laptop, but this gets the job done at a reasonable price.

    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
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use, Size

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Handy to Have

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

    Like is small, compact size. Extremely easy to use.

    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
  • 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

    External DVD Drive Works Great

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

    Although most software is able to be downloaded, my printer came with a CD with the software and drivers. I connected it to mt 2 in 1 laptop and it loaded and installed the software quickly and correctly the first time!

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Dell external dvd/rw

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

    I purchased this to work with my new laptop. It works great. I have used it several times since I purchased it this month. I keep it connected when I need it and remove it I’m not using it. I have not had any issues using it.

    I would recommend this to a friend