ASUS BW-16D1X-U 16x External Blu-ray BDXL Drive with BD Suite Disc USB 3.0 Cable Power Adapter and Cord

I put in a lot of effort to write a review that would hopefully help others looking for a quality DVD player. I left this app to lookup a term I wanted to use. When I came back my review was gone. It has happened before. I am done with reviews.

Doesnt read nor burn. PC does not recognize it as a USB device. Dont recommend.

The item was first-rate and exquisite. Immensely quick dispatch. Neat packaging.

1/28/21 Ive had this drive for about 10 days now since delivery (counting today, when I write this), and, it seems to work pretty good so far. I have thrown 46 discs at it. Most of the discs that I have that Im throwing at it are dvd rom type movie and tv show discs, and Im using dvdfab for copying. There is a on/off switch on the back of the unit, which Ive seen a few reviews about the switch being hard to use, and, that is farily true. One of the 46 discs that Ive thrown at the drive was a bluray disc, there was no hesitation on switching over that I could see or tell. The only operating system that Ive used the drive with so far has been windows 7, Ive seen some complain about the idea that the drive didnt work with certain operating systems. 9/14/22 Ok, so, since having this for 4 months short of 2 years (getting this back in January of 2021), and it is still going strong. What I was talking about on my initial review about copying the dvds and stuff as I remember I didnt complete doing up to when I type this part of the review, in fact, i think I bailed on that idea. I did use the drive a fee days ago to burn some CDs (anyone remember doing that?), and it worked well.

The drive is very fast and so far, is dependable. There is a power switch on the back that is very difficult to operate. Ive read reviews that the eject button (which is kind of hard to find) works intermittently. Im using the drive on a Mac and use software controlled eject. So for, no problems there either. Works well straight out of the box. It is not (in my opinion) portable, as its a full size drive and requires a power source.

easy to setup and install drivers. I do not recommend using the software provided to rip dvds or BluRays. I have used handbrake over the years, but I prefer makeMKV, because it doesnt matter if its tv shows or a movie makeMKV breaks apart all the episodes for you, unlike handbrake which you have to add all of the episodes to the queue manually.

Inadequate documentation and technical support. Did not work out of the box. Returned. Perhaps I could have figured it out after spending many more hours - but even finding basic support information was enormously time-consuming and frustrating.

Worked well when it decided to work. It froze more often though. Returned it to Amazon.

The official website doesnt support this product and it just flat out does not read any discs at all. Piece of junk skip it and buy something that actually does work.

Received product on time as promised. The ASUS External Blue Ray Drive works very well and I began using it immediately. A Very Good Product. I Highly recommend it. Works flawlessly. Thank You.