Customer Ratings & Reviews

This is great lightweight fast external drive. So far I have no complaints. It’s is slightly built but with good materials and craftsmanship. This means it’s not a drive you want constantly transfer to new locations. Overall a good producer

Served my purpose to use with my new laptop. I burned videos I created for family members of a recent family wedding I attended. Mac and Windows Compatible, with a two year service warranty.

I needed a drive to download and install Microsoft Office on my new computer. Best Buy had this LG CD-RW / USB product on-hand at a great price competitive with other sources, so I purchased one. Using the included simplified instructions, adding this LG drive to my desktop computer was easy resulting in a flawless installation of the device, supporting driver and, ultimately, MS Office. It doesn't get any easier!

I am absolutely completely satisfied and grateful for my new purchase. First of all it was on the "deal of the day" deals, secondly I was awarded a $20 gift card, the price was only $24.99 so I only had to pay $4.99 along with free shipping. Moreso I can do so many things with it, I can watcg dvds, listen to cds and burn dvds/cds from my computer to watch later. It works great and I would definitely recommend purchasing one for those of you like myself who watch a lot of movies and love music.

Very easy to use. I bought an Epson printer that came with a DVD setup disk. I tried to use the online instructions - REDICULOUS - so I went back to Best Buy, bought the simple disk drive, and 10 minutes after plugging it in, my printer setup was done! I guess you still have to have a disk drive!

I purchased this drive to replace one I owned which had a non removable cable that was coming apart from the drive. This one has a standard micro usb connector on the drive for easy replacement if needed. The drive has worked perfectly so far. I have never used the write capability and may never but it has read all of the DVDs and CDs I've tried. It comes with a cord to connect the drive to a standard USB connection.

Best DVD writer since sliced Bread: *Low power energy use. *slim, quite, and portable. *Double Layer I just pluged in the USB cable and was off and running! Highly Recomended, No regrets. Phil.

I needed an optical drive as my 2018 Mac (as well as my work MBP) does not have one. This was primarily to pull archived MP3 data of albums burned for storage long ago. On sale for $20 - the LG was a no brainer. For Mac, none of the included software is required.. fires right up (in my case USB-A>USB-C).. Reads everything I’ve thrown at it so far.. Data discs took a little longer, but got there. 4 stars because the build quality is a little suspect. The pictures imply a metallic housing, but it’s most definitely shiny plastic. I’ve had great luck with LG.. and this seems to be no exception. Recommended!

The external drive is nice and is what it advertised. Product is real easy to use and runs very good. I love it and enjoy using it. Definitely worth the buy from what I can see.

Nice add-on drive for a desktop PC. Inexpensive. Good.

The CD/DVD drive stopped working in my PC and I couldn't find a replacement. The LG-8x external drive is a great plug and play unit. Works just like the original, plus I didn't have to disassemble my PC to install it.

I first connected it to my MacBook Air with a USB C to USB connector and it did not work. Then I connected it to a USB type C Hub Pro, and it has worked flawlessly. And it is quiet.

LG External DVD Drive . We sought and purchased this external DVD Drive to store pictures taken locally and travel pictures taken outside the US. This device is available and easy to use by those who have and haven’t experience with storing pictures and sharing them with family and friends! We are so happy to use storage of photos! Thank you!

...nice product....small in size, but big in performance !

Bought this for my new computer which does not come with drives anymore. Just plug and go works great!

The unit works great for adding dvd capability to a newer computer without built in dvd capability.

I was never a fan of LG for drives before, but I found this to be less expensive (was on sale for $24.99 before tax); than other brands like Verbatim, Lenovo, Dell and HP ($10.00 to $40.00 lower). Although more pricier than my initial budget I decided to give it a try based on cost only. To my surprise it was readily recognized when I connected it to my PC. My only concern now is durability and longevity. This portable LG external DVD writer with: 8x DVD and 24x CD write speeds is not bad so far. PROS: Multiformat support - 8x External Double-Layer DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive For DVD+R/R DL/RW, DVD-R/R DL/RW, DVD-RAM, DVD-ROM, DVD-ROM DL, CD-R/RW/ROM and CD-DA media. CON: USB 2.0 only

This is perfect to hook up to my laptop when needed. As we all know by now laptops no longer include CD drives. This unit is powered off the connection to the laptop. Super convenient, working as expected.

I purchased this LG 8x USzB Double Layer DVD RE/CD-RE Drive after I brought my new 24” iMac. It works well. I also had to purchase a USB Type C to A Adapter.

My kid loves it for his computer! Now he can watch old dvds and i can listen to my CD's! Pretty neat little gadget to have, since they've stopped making CDs and CD players in vehicles!