Customer Ratings & Reviews

I was looking for a blu-ray drive to use with my new computer, and this one was the easiest to get and cheap as well. The only concerns I have are the quality of the construction and the fact that it needs to use two USB ports on the computer. It seems to be made mostly of plastic, so it's cheaper and lighter, but that also means it feels pretty flimsy when inserting or removing a disc. The fact that it needs to use two USB ports on a computer means that I'm pretty limited on where I can have it plugged in. If I didn't have my PC sitting on my desk, I would have had to plug it into the USB port on the top of my PC and have the drive itself sitting partially on the top vent. I've also noticed that if you leave a video or movie paused long enough, the drive will stop reading data from the disc. This can cause playback issues until the drive starts back up again.

The drive works good. It ships with Cyberlink software for Windows to take full advantage of the drives capabilities. However there is no included software for MACOS. I was able to get it to play Blu-ray disks on MAC at no cost using VLC player but it is not straight forward. You have find and download files and place them specific locations in the file system to make it work. Not necessarily and easy task for average user. There may be other free software but all the other free software I found was either a trial or put a water mark in the movie making it hard to watch. Other than that it is fine on MAC.

Works great and easy to use! I love being able to have the ability to burn CDs again or just being able to watch DVDs/Blu-Rays on my computer when I want. I've used this to save old VHS tapes onto discs and gave them to family members so they don't lose the footage. Windows Media Player is still a fantastic tool to use when doing this.

There getting harder and harder to find a name brand one of these with everything going digital. I recommend buying two or three.

bought this item for a trip to play Blu-ray movies on. It truly is plug and play! The player gets its power from the computer it is plugged in to (you do need 2 available USB ports). Works without a hitch!

Been using it since I got it and i love it. Easy to setup and good quality product!

This is a good external blu-ray burner that is very easy to set up. Unfortunately the blu-ray software is outdated and there is no option to upgrade without having to buy it.

A great blu-ray writer for the price. get them before they no longer exist

you need to cross flash this device to rip 4K discs. See the makemkv forums for instructions on how to

Strictly use it as a Blue Ray DVD player for my MacBook Pro, which is seamless, to watch on the road when traveling for work. I did also purchase it as a supplemental backup in case I need to have a physical backup of my data but that has been minimal at best. If you are strictly looking for a great Blue Ray player that works seamlessly, I highly recommend the product. If you are looking to use it as backup for your data, I would defer to other user’s reviews (which appear to have great reviews) to help with your purchasing decision

Very use to use, works perfectly with included software, just install and it detects and plays bluray and dvd movies, also plays music cds, great product highly recommended

This LG-8x Blu-Ray burner actually only burns blu-rays at 6x. Be sure to use a POWERED USB HUB or the USB ports built into a Deskop PC (Two Ports required to fully power this unit up, and a twin USB cable is included). Seems very slow to be recognized by the OS, and the initial read (file buffering) seems very slow. But, eventually, the system/drive caches kick in and response improves. This unit is for archiving only here, using media as a large Floppy disc. Don't depend on this if your a DJ as video and audio hickup regularly. Many many older drives and systems are perfect - this drive seems to lack the speed and reliability to keep up with the video playback, probably due to using a SERIAL PORT instead of the older PARALLEL ports (including SCSI) or inefficient drive buffering (?). Copying Large files is relatively quick (up to 25 MegaBits / sec - my other DVD burners average over 500Mb/sec). Smaller files actually take longer (under 25 kiloBits / sec and lower) writing header info for each file I assume. The real killer is the bundled "CyberLink Media Suite 10 for Blu-ray" software - Copyright 1999-2015 - This would not install on any system, including Windows 10. ABSOLUTELY ZERO support from either the manufacturer or Best Buy regarding this Blu-Ray specific software. Will be returning, and trying another BestBuy drive from a different manufacturer.

I was wanting to watch bluray movies and burn dvd data disks and this does it. At times it can be loud. And you need two free usb ports for it. But overall its pretty nice for the price.

Saved us by backing up data from our dying computer. >19GB in less than an hour to M-disk (so good for200-1000 yrs! Only USB-2 and requires 2 adjacent USB outlets. The included software is adequate but not wonderful. The instructions were adequate but not wonderful. Yes, iI would recommend it to a friend, but try to get a USB-3 version.

Purchased this external hard drive for Surface Pro 4. I read a number of reviews and couldn't find much in the way of a USB 3.0 or higher at a reasonable price. This product said 2.0 and 3.0 compatible and indicated there reduced speed for 3.0. We haven't noticed any negative impact. There were a variety of options for storage, but not much for CDs. We are not using this for storage yet, but it is used daily for text book companion CDs and books on tape. Slim design and smooth playing/no skips.

Awesome little disc drive works well for ripping my blueray collection

Worked well with our computer, would recommend to anyone looking.

Work good. Used it for backing up 25 Gb picture files to blue ray disc. Somple to use right out of the box.

Slim compact easy to use and store. Great for laptop with no drive.

It does what I need it to. Though as a Mac user the fact you need extra software to play Blu Rays, which is the main reason I got it, is a bit of a hassle.