Customer Ratings & Reviews

Plug and play, small, light, and quick (to burn). Good little Blu ray burner.

I like that the unit is slim but it is a power house. no noise. enjoy watching Blu-ray DVD's on the computer now

I was a little concerned about this drive because I saw some negative reviews for it. I've put this drive through the paces, and I think it's a good product. I bought this for use with my new laptop which did not come with a built-in optical drive. I read some complaints about not being able to play DVD's or Blu-Rays. I installed the software onto my Windows 10 Pro laptop, and Blu-Rays do work. I haven't sat through a whole movie yet, but the discs that I've popped into this drive do load up and appear in the PowerDVD software bundled with the drive. I did not have to pay any extra fees. Maybe because I have Windows 10 Pro instead of Windows 10 Home? I also used the drive to install Linux on my laptop. In this case, I decided to put the drive through the paces of burning a DVD-R (yeah, I know, I could've used a USB stick, but there are advantages to keeping an optical disc on your shelf for emergency recovery). The bundled software burned the Linux ISO image files I downloaded to three discs without a hitch. Then Linux installed just fine from the completed discs. I think this drive does a fine job. I like that it doesn't need a dedicated power supply - it draws all the power it needs from the USB port. As other reviewers pointed out, it is a bit loud, but not much more so than any other optical disc drive. Hopefully this drive will ll last, but so far it hasn't let me down.

There really isn't much to say about this Blu-Ray player, other than to say it works as it is supposed to. It's plug-and-play in Windows 10, plays Blu-Ray discs, writes to Blu-ray, and boots from Blu-ray. I've read some CD data discs as well, installing software. The included Cyberlink media installs and works. The player is powered from my USB 3.0 ports, it's small and light. I'd buy it again.

Quality product for watching Blu-rays Very slim design taking up very little room on desk. Loaded super fast and works great

This little LG Blu-ray player is a simply fantastic addition to your PC setup. Since most PCs and cases do not come with optical disc slots amymore, something like this is perfect if you want to watch Blu-ray or DVD, install disc-based games, etc... it's so slim that it fits right into any setup. It works well even though the included software is a bit outdated. The drive isn't exactly silent, but you likely won't notice when you're watching a movie either. Highly recommended!

Bottom Line: The LG Ultra Slim Portable Blu-ray Writer is great for archiving to BD-R and BD-R XL M-discs. Pros: M-disc compatible; included Windows software; direct TV connectivity Cons: no software for Mac; M-disc writing is slow; noisy Review: I had largely moved away from optical discs until I read that the M-disc was the best way to archive/preserve digital data. Promising to last a lifetime (up to 1,000 years), the M-disc is a write-once BD-R (Blu-ray recordable) that comes in 25, 50, and 100GB (BD-R XL) sizes. Given my interest in preserving about 200GB of data, I picked up the LG Writer to connect to my 2012 MacBook Pro. First, The Writer is USB-A bus powered, so it comes with a Y-cable (two USB-A connectors) in case a single USB port does not provide enough power (note that the Blu-ray laser requires more power than a DVD writer, so the power requirements are higher). Fortunately, a single port on the MBP was enough power to the drive. Second, the drive comes with a software disc that includes PowerDVD, which allows you to watch Blu-ray movies on your computer, and some disc creation software. Unfortunately, the software suite is Windows only, so Mac users need to find their own playback and authoring programs. Despite the lack of Mac-specific software, Mac OS 10.14 recognizes the drive as a Blu-ray writer and allows you to burn right from the Finder. My first archive was 22.5GB of data burned to a 25GB BD-R M-disc, which is rated for 4x speed. If the Writer could sustain that speed, the disc should be completed in about 23 minutes. However, my disc took a little over 40 minutes to create, and, coupled with disc verification took over an hour to eject. Additionally, M-disc burning is pretty noisy as my drive did a fair amount of chirping and high pitch whining (its sounds exactly what I thought a laser burning through a disc would sound like). My second archive was 90.2GB of data burned to a 100GB BD-R XL M-disc. Once again, MacOS had no issue burning to the disc, but it took a while to complete.

Works great. Use it with my computer that does not have a DVD Drive. Easy to use works great!

Im using this drive with MakeMKV to backup my movies. The LG it replaced died after just 447 movies! I just have 4K UHD’s left and this drive has done a little over 40 movies so far. Have had zero read issues and the drive performs fantastic. Now you should be realistic when considering the noise this thin and portable drive makes. I have it in another room, obviously it is going to be more noisy than a fullsize drive in a desktop chassis. If speed is not an issue, you could always lower the speed and tame down the whine i guess, but it completely normal for a drive this size. Avg 1.5+ hours to rip a 4K UHD less for standard Blu-Ray obviously.

Reading and writing speeds are not the best, but works great for downloading pc games. When it comes to watching movies, you will need the software included in the box to give your computer the ability to play both DVD and Blu Rays. You would think your computer should just play a regular DVD in windows media player, but apparently you need the software disc that's bundled in to allow that capability. Don't know if other plain dvd drives will have similar situations. Blu Rays need special software installed no matter what computer you have. Overall works really good, just has a lot of unanswered questions regarding its functionality with Windows.

Plays DVD/Blu-Rays, works as mentioned. Haven't tried the burner functions on it at this time. The drive can be a little loud when starting it up at least playing movies, but quiets down after the initial load. Seems relatively quick. Though the cheap feel of the plastic is a little put off and seems a little flimsy when putting disks in it seems like its constructed pretty well. Software included, its a shame they haven't updated it. Still on a really old version of the software so right when installing they want you to update. Can ignore it just a little annoying is all.

So far this is a good player. Took some set up... but its pretty solid. One thing to note is this is not usb c.... so... that sucks. It also did take a lot of work to get it to play blue rays which is a bummer.

I have a new laptop and unfortunately it does not have any ide drives. I picked up this drive because of bluray codecs and I could watch high def movies. It was easy to connect via usb to my laptop without having to using any of included software. It is lightweight and fits easily into my thin computer bag. This would be a good addition, if you are looking to add bluray functionality to your computer or mac.

It works great! Plug in and I could start using it with no issues. Plays any disc I can put it it quietly without stutters or not booting up. Allot of people think that it will play blu-ray discs out of the box, but you will need additional software to do that. That's not a problem with this drive, it's just the way this works on PCs.

I bought this handy dandy little drive back in 2021 when my internal Sony Blu Ray drive - purchased in 2008 - wasn't enough for needs, and with multiple computers I wanted something portable to move from computer to computer. This thing has worked great and FAST on my 2018 desktop so that when I needed another one, I got the exact same model over three years later. I recently got a 4K drive, which is nice, but can't read everything that this one can. There are a lot of cheaper ones on the market, but this LG has never failed me.

Its a good machine works on blu ray and dvd but for some reason once i pause a dvd and try to restart the machine does not register the dvd and you have to un plug and restart for it to work again

This LG USB Blu-ray drive has some great utility for using physical media one has bought within the past. Its plug and play nature all this to work on all operating systems without any additional driver installs. Can read CDs, DVDs, Blu-rays out of the box. This drive can not read UHD Blu-rays with its default firmware.

This LG Blu-ray Player/Writer for PC is Slimline, Light, Portable, sturdy. Take good care of it, handle it with care, buy a Geek Squad Protection, and you'll enjoy watching Blu-ray movies, DVD's, listen to CD's, and save your precious Data, Music, Videos, and Photos. Personally, I saved my complete Music Collection on only one 50 Gb Blu-ray Disc. I used 50 Gb Blu-ray bought at Best Buy, but you can also use other brands, recommended by manufacturer depending on the purpose. I personally used ones bought at Best Buy and my non-PC Blu-ray Player recognized it without errors and reproduced well on my HDTV. You can burn the equivalent of quite a bit more than 10 DVD's on a single 50 Gb Blu-ray Disc. Keep your Data Safe, and minimize space, using less Disc to back-up your data. You can also save your personal non-protected HD Videos using this LG wirter. Comes with Cyberlink PowerDVD 12 software for Windows. If you are a musician, or voiceover artist, with the appropriate equipment and software, you'll be able to record Hi-resolution Audio and then back it up on Blu-ray Discs. Most players will recognize discs being burned by this writer. It connects to your PC using 2 USB at the same time. Consult Geek Squad to see if it will work if your PC only comes with just one. They'll also tell you if it may be compatible with Apple MAC

For an external Blu-ray burner, this little LG one was a surprise. So far it has handled all the disc formats I put in it. It is very fast for a USB drive as well. The only negative thing about it is that it is pretty loud and vibrates a lot. This is to be expected though for a thin external drive spinning at high speeds. That can be helped a bit though with carefully placing something with a little weight on top of it, or by placing it on one of those thin rubber anti-slip pads. Other than that, this drive is awesome.

Exactly what it says it is. Simple plug and play for cd and comes with software disk to install player for DVD/BR. Small form makes it easy to take with you if you're using a laptop. only con is it requires 2 USB ports for full functionality.