Customer Ratings & Reviews

This was the perfect thing for me I have a dell laptop that does not have a CD drive and this was on sale and works really well. I was able to rip Cd's to my computer and use it to add software as well all around a good product. it works fast to.

Priced great and works perfectly. Needed it for our laptop that didn't have a CD/DVD drive.

This disk drive is fast and efficient. Putting in a disc and pushing down feels like it might snap the tray in two, but hasn't yet. This is my first external cd drive, so maybe they all feel this way.

Easy to use with plug and play/read. Absolutely as easy as it could possibly be. No proprietary software needed. Plug it in, make sure it's detected and you're ready to go.

Easy to use.good quality. The store attendant was knowledgeable and friendly.

Works just as you would expect. Simple to install and operate. It’s a Dell product and so quality is consistent with Dell products. Comes with a very basic software package for video playback and editing.

I'm still using it to this day and it works just fine for my needs for my computer.

Works with all CDs and plays them to the computer with ease

Great product very good price and easy to find in the store

My son has been using this drive for more than 3years. This is a good buy.

Have not used drive yet, but $25 to have a DVD drive capable laptop with read and write function, as well as portability, will be useful. It is nearly impossible to find a contemporary laptop with a DVD drive. All on a 11th gen Intel i7 with graphics GPU....no brainer!

Very small and compact Works like it's supposed to!!

OK, I have only had this about a week ad have not tried "everything". But as of this point I can say it plays CD, CDR, DVD, CDROM & DVDROM great with no issues. About the only thing I have not tried is burning discs. I mainly got this for installing my older games that are on DVDROM. I did play a couple CDs, CDRs & DVD and also works great. Very simple to set up even for a LOW-TECH old goat like me !!! The device itself seems to be nicely built and solid but still light weight and so when inserting a disc you might need to hold the unit with your other hand. The only thing I would change is the kinda short USB card. If it was a little longer this would be a FIVE star hands down, As with most major brands these days, DELL might not have actually made this and simply contracts other manufatures to make for them but even so whoever actually made this did a great job and build it solid.

This DVD player works out of the box and does a great job.

I was worried when my laptop did not have a CD drive. However, it did have everything else I wanted. So I bought the Dell - 8x External USB DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive. It works perfect and I am very pleased with it!

Normally, I would do a lot research before making a purchase like this, but I was pressed for time. I was a little concerned about compatibility, but the setup was quick and easy and so far every thing works as it should. However, I will say that I have not yet burned a DVD or CD as of yet and for that reason I can not give this device a 5 star rating.

Since computers dont have cd drive need one for home had portable 4 laptop but needed one 4 home works great easy to use and store Rarely needed but is easier to have one at home and one in briefcase

Needed external DVD reader/writer since PC desktops are following Apple and eliminating built in on higher end models. I still need to occasionally install an older program or write some files. The Dell was a perfect fit to the Dell I notebook I had recently purchased.

Yes it's a out dated option but for those of us that need to pull from their dvd and cd ROM files this is a must have.

The CD/DVD drive works well. It’s really light; so it takes two hands to operate.