Customer Ratings & Reviews

Dont like the fact that new computers dont have a cd/dvd player or speakers. But this is an easy answer. I listen to audiobooks or music when working on the computer.

Super easy plug and play with Windows 10. Lightweight, very thin and works for both reading and writing CD's and DVD's. I remember spending over $500 on my first 2X CD writer back in the early 2000's. Tech has come a long way!

I bought this product to rip all my cd's. This did it for me. Quiet, fast and easy. Definitely recommended for ripping music cd's into mp3 file.

This LG 8x external dvd/cd, read/write drive replaces one that failed. It is an awesome upgrade from any other similar dvd/cd drives that I have ever owned. Highly recommended.

Easy to use right out of the box. Compact. Does exactly what it’s supposed to do, which is play CDs, rips, and burns easily.

This lightweight, compact DVD writer is much faster that I would have expected, and allows access to critical files and program installations that cannot be downloaded, or that are only available via Cd or DVD. This works perfectly, and is instantly recognized by Windows 7 and 8.x as an extra drive.

This product is great you can connect it to your computer, laptop, tv you can take it anywhere I take mine camping and vacations hook it to laptop watch movies listen to cds it can record, everyone needs one great for kids and young adults get one for everyone in the family and you can all watch and listen to what you want too not what everyone else is.

Great product, easy to install and use, I would recommend this product for price, reliability & performance. Great for traveling, very compact, light and durable.

I needed this external disc drive when the original built in of my HP laptop stopped workiing. I can watch DVD's and play CD's and view my old backed up files once again. Just instead install, plug in and play. Good brand, does the job and price was right.

Excellent DVD Writer that I am using with my Microsoft Surface Pro (2017 model). Sleek design. Small footprint and low profile makes this DVD writer very transportable. Easily recognized by my Surface Pro as an external drive. Comes with CyberLink Media Suite software which to me was an added bonus in burning DVDs

This drive works well and required no extra installation set up, just plug it in and use it.

Have always been used to having a laptop with a CD-ROM drive. Now, with a laptop that doesn't have a drive, this was a purchase out of necessity. Very pleased with this purchase. Plug-and-play install, Nearly silent while in use. Small footprint. Would buy again

Easy to set up and use. Great price! Needed to use for updating my home movies. Dvd to AVI

My new laptop, like most now days, didn’t come with a dvd drive. I did have a couple of older software programs that still work well and I wanted to use, so I bought this. It works great, setup was very easy, very lightweight and fits easily in bag with laptop.

I love this product so much, I purchased a second one. It is very easy to use and can back up automatically at set intervals. It also comes in a lot of color options. It is a great value too....I can't imagine how a more expensive product would be better. It is extremely fast.

I constantly believe in the value and importance of physical media, so imagine my delight in finding a dvd/cd burner that can run on modern hardware! It's incredibly fast, and the quality does not diminish at all, it's tested out 10 movies and over 50 music CD's, no issues at all. I would buy 5 more if I needed them, but unfortunately (and fortunately) I don't, haha!

Nice small little unit. New computers do not typically come with one now. Still need it to make CDs for church recordings.

I initially had an optical drive in my PC, but later removed it because I thought I wouldn't be using DVDs anymore. Anyway, it turned out that I do still have a need for a DVD reader in 2021. I picked this LG drive because it was the cheapest I could find ($24 as a sale price). Pros: -Slim design. It is extremely thin, light, and portable. -Quiet operation. With the exception of the initial seeking of the disk, the DVD drive is very quiet. The only noise that can be heard is a faint vibration or spinning sound. -Tray-loading mechanism. I personally prefer tray-loading DVD drives because they seem to be less susceptible to eating your disks or scratching them. I've had slot-loading DVD drives add scratches to my disks or have disks stuck in the drive, resulting in an uphill battle trying to retrieve it. With a tray-loading mechanism, scratches shouldn't be a problem and I believe there is a hole in the front where a paper clip could be inserted to manually eject the drive. -Matte finish. In my opinion, the matte finish was a great decision, as the drive won't be coated in fingerprints and is more grippy than other finishes. Cons: -MSRP. I believe that a DVD drive today should not cost over $30. Looking at the non-sale price of $40, I really don't recommend over-spending on a device like this. -Build quality. I think the build quality is average, but the plastics in the tray feel like they are drooping a bit every time I eject the drive. However, this all doesn't seem to be an issue. Overall, this DVD reader gets the job done pretty well. Again, there is no need to over-spend on a DVD drive these days, so I recommend that you get the most affordable yet positively-reviewed drive you can find. This drive, at the time of purchase, was the cheapest drive I found.

Nice little "add on" for watching movies on my TV. This was well priced and I have had no problems with this product. LG has always been one of my first choices for any computer products.

great, small and affordable. I was able to view my old photos I saved onto a disc. Easy to use and operate.