Customer Ratings & Reviews

LG Blu-Ray Reader/Writer worked like a charm. Plug and play and was able to burn some data off my PC easily. Also ripped a few Blu-Rays for funsies. Nice compact, and able to stow away when not in use.

This is a nice little Blue-ray drive. I picked one up for when I travel due to not having a Blu-ray player in my laptop. I've tried it with several DVD and Blu-ray movies and it's worked great. Also have used as a second drive for my main PC if I need more than one at a time. It may not be as fast as the internal drive but is more than adequate to watch a movie.

Well years ago I wanted a Bluray played/writer for my PC but didn't bother because I had a Bluray player already. Well it seems now internal Bluray players/writers are very hard to find. Most are external. Which is not the end of the world, I just like internal instead. I bought this one and mostly am happy with it. It connects easily using a USB/Mini USB cord it comes with. And while they say it will work with anything you plug it into, its not always the case. My computer read it and used it fine right after I plugged it in. But if you want to watch Bluray movies or write Bluray discs you have to install the software it comes with. Again not the end of the world but it means its not exactly "Use it on anything" since you have to install stuff. It does spin fast and work fast. I love it! It does get noisy sometimes but nothing I can't handle. There is a "quiet mode" option so it keeps it pretty quiet when using it for movies. Also the 3D Blurays look great! So if your looking for Bluray on your PC, laptop, 2 in 1... this is the one to get!

Worked very well. Hooked up in minutes. Worked well With windows 11. Recommend this product.

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.

Grabbed this to be able to watch my movies on my desktop and rip my old cd’s. Its pretty straight forward a plug and play device for everything but bluerays. To get bluerays to work you have to either install the included cyberlink studio disk which installs a bunch of junk that most will not use or find the codex needed to play bluerays through VLC. The softeare it installs to play bluerays is extremely slow and really prone to crashing and constantly gives pop ups saying “loading Blueray”. It had some nice features but when all you want to do is pop a movie in to play, this isnt very inuitive. Using VLC is a much better solution and it allows everything to load much faster but it does mean you have to head over to vlc’s website and manually download the correct files needed to play bluerays. Aside from the software stuff the drive works great, hough is a little on the loud side on initail loading of your content but then quiets up to a low hum. Overall the drive is 5 stars but the software is 3 stars.

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

After some brief research I found this drive best suited to my needs for physical media. Not only do I appreciate its speed, it has handled everything I've thrown at it thus far save for old discs that are beyond saving. It works well with the suite of software I use for digital media playback, and for more thorough usage, it can quickly, and reliabily reach and hold its top speeds for clean discs. If I may deride the product for one reason, it is for its choice of material for the exterior. I do not appreciate it being made of plastic, even if I realistically do not have qualms about its build quality. I also happen to appreciate its size as it slots in quite nicely on a small desk. It has certainly been some time since I've ever needed to use a disc drive, but so far I am content with it. I only hope it continues to serve me well going forward.

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.

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!

Works great for reading Blu-ray Discs and backing up my media digitally. I use it with my MacBook and have also used it on windows. Fast reads.

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.

Works great. A bit loud, but burns and plays discs well.

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.

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

easy to use it’s compact works well with my laptop

Fast player and it works great for watching blu rays.

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

I've had this for over 2 years now and its still going strong. I've had no issues with it and just used it again recently. It has never let me down and has been a great addition to my laptop and desktop when needed. I would buy again if needed and recommend this product to anyone needing a DVD+RW/CD-RW drive.