Customer Ratings & Reviews

works ok, included software wants your life history and a paid upgrade, uninstalled next day transfer speed LIMITED related to using 2 USB A ports on the computer side and a USB micro on the drive (seriously) at 100 $ would have expected USB C (fast) and a dedicated power brick data rate about 200 mb/sec DVD data copy about 20 min blu ray data copy an hour probably should have bought a 3 or 400 dollar drive your needs may vary, building a RAID server so probably moot, just annoying,,,,,, ok as a basic blu ray drive note RAID is not a backup plan LOL

This little gem has probably been my best purchase of an external device. Straight from the box it was easy to set up and use. No buffering issues, no loud whirling sounds and does not overheat. If you have a high quality monitor and want to watch blu-ray on your PC this is the device to have. It is decently priced, easy to use and does a great job.

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.

This External USB 2.0 Blu-ray Disc Double Layer DVD+RW/CD-RW Disc Rewriter does it all. Easy to install with the included CD. Plays Blu-ray DVD's beautifully. All so plays regular DVD's and CD's. Small, compact easy to carry in case with laptop

No complaint I used it once, pick this one the apple drive because this plays blu ray- is plug and play and pretty quick- on my Mac it required set up but not the pc so I never actually used it on the mac

Replaced an expensive desktop old version BluRay that would not handle all the formats. This new LG is small, portable, and worked on the first try with only the power from the USB3 port. So far, it has read and writes every format I've had to do. A little noisier than the Pioneer portable BD I have, but the LG is a front loader and the Pioneer is a top loader, so the LG is more friendly to work with.

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.

This is a great blu-ray drive. it is smaller then I thought it would be making it very portable. The unit is a little loud when spinning up the disc but most blu-ray drives are. Great deal at less the 100 dollars.

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.

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 for my ultrabook for times when traveling I may purchase and want to view blue-ray movies and makes it possible to back lots of info on my computer to one blue-ray blank. I have also used it with other computer which came with regular dvd-rw drives. The drive had a good price and is small and portable.

Able to play regular Blu-ray movies... beware included CyberLink software and USB connections. Able to connect the 2 USB ports that are next to each other on my (2 year old Dell laptop [notebook]) computer. Cannot connect to my ThinkPad computer (again, laptop [notebook]) unless an adapter is used which I have not tried yet. My ThinkPad has only USB-C ports. CyberLink will try to install MS dll from 2008 but aborts. I have 2010 and beyond. Instructions exist on the Internet to uninstall pre 2010 and reinstall afterwards or get around the obstacle to for CyberLink to install. I hate messing with stuff like that just to satisfy the installation. This CyberLink software is not required to use this device. I guess it was included as a bonus. I have not tried it with a TV and am wondering until I find out. Using Windows 11 with Media player on the Dell, the device and Blu-ray disc worked fine. Initially tried to use VideoLan (VLC), but encountered errors after following instructions to get it to play. I still have to test out burning discs. Have not tried it through Linux yet. If you intend to buy because of the software, beware the install process. I bought this because of the higher speed than another LG model Best Buy sells for less cost. This model indicated various types of discs I am interested in. It was on sale.

This external drive is very good. It plays Blu-rays very well with no issues. Even though it has USB 2.0 input the drive runs fast. For burning Blu-rays its fast for 8X speed. If you plan to burn a 50GB Blu-ray disc be prepared to wait a little while. I recommend you using TDK discs for burning. This drive is also a great DVD drive. If you plan to use this drive for those discs for viewing and burning it works. I suggest you use the latest Nero burning software for burning. The drive comes with software but it's only good for playing Blu-rays. Overall great drive for the price and very slim and takes up very little space on top of your desk or computer tower.

Works great for watching my movies on my computer and havent had any issues that weren’t its fault

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.

I only use it as a Blu-ray player. It works just fine with my MacBook Pro and old Mac Pro. Plug & play. Of course you'll have to buy third party playback and burning software separately. It has a dual USB 2.0 'Y' cable in case it needs more power from your laptop. Most modern one's should work with the single connection. It's relatively quiet when playing discs compared to other brands. I use headphones most of the time anyhow. The green LED is small, it's on the front, and unobtrusive. You have to get used to the front loading tray. It pops out slightly on it's own which is good. But I pull it out slowly (just I'm paying attention and don't potentially break it). You have to hold your hand underneath the tray in order to snap the disc onto the spindle. It fits very snuggly on the spindle yet is easy enough to take the disc off. I slowly slide the tray in. It locks well. Blu-rays show up fast on the desktop. USB 2.0 won't be as fast as 3.0 for burning or installing software. But I don't use it for that. Overall just be deliberate with the tray and the disc on the spindle and you'll be fine.

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

Bought this one to replace my 8 year old version, when that one eventually goes. Works great for copying and watching my media.

Very easy to hook up to a new PC without a disc drive. The price was good and quality seems very good so far. Blu-ray adds additional capability for watching movies on the PC.

Great DVD/BluRay player/writer. easy to setup and easy to use. Not the fastest one, but works well