LG Electronics 8X USB 2.0 Super Multi Ultra Slim Portable DVD+/-RW External Drive with M-DISC Support, Retail (Silver) GP60NS50

It gets the job done which is all you can really ask for. I purchased this product because my new laptop doesnt have a CD/DVD drive and I needed one because I frequently download CDs into iTunes. In this regard I cant comment on this products writing abilities because I havent tried it out yet. The product came packaged nicely and came with a software disk that you have to download in order to use the product. I put in the disk and tried to download the software, but no matter how many times it said it was successful I couldnt get the software to work. Plus it makes you download programs like label making when you try to download the main program that allows the computer to recognize the drive. Instead I downloaded the VLC media player from the internet and has worked fine since then. It plays movies through that program so its convenient (not as convenient as one would hope though). The drive is also extremely loud when it is reading a disk so if you are hoping to watch a movie while everyone else is sleeping, well the disk drive will wake them up with the noises it makes. Obviously the noise isnt a huge deal when burning disks because it only lasts for a few minutes, but it is annoying when you watch a movie and it makes loud noises throughout most of the movie. Im sure there are plenty of better external disk drives, but for the money this one is fine. There was a cheaper one I was looking at that I wouldnt mind having after seeing that this one isnt too fantastic.

Worked plug and play with my 2014 MacBook Pro right away, no effort. Much faster than the Apple product its replacing (besides being lighter weight). More reliable, too. Slightly flimsier build quality I guess, but with its light weight it seems fine. Has a physical eject button which is nice. A fraction of the cost of the Apple product, though not quite as cheap as some unheard-of brands on Amazon. Close enough to be worth it for reliable LG product – read the reviews on the cheaper ones and youll be convinced to come to the name brands. Looks nice, though admittedly doesnt quite fit the Apple aesthetic. Wish Id bought this years ago.

A solid LG drive that will work with most any system. Instantly detected under Win 10 with no drivers required. My only complaint is the USB cable. Its too short. Just an extra 6 would give the unit much more mobility. Outside of that, this is a no brainer purchase if you need a portable DVD burner.

I have used various DVDs, and this one is great: Slim, fast and at mere $25 with free ship from Adorama (the seller): I have nothing to complain. Came in completely sealed, new condition, DVD itself has a thin, transparent protective film all around, with all manuals, 1 x USB cable and an installation DVD (which I did not have to use as my computer automatically did it. Thus, in my case, this was a plug-n-go situation.) I use this for my home office / personal use. I often burn CDs and DVDs, 30 to 100 at a time, containing documents to presentations to photos to videos. This is good enough for my use. Besides, the sleek and slim look is nice to look at on my work desk. The seller, Adorama did great job in shipping free and fast, delivering in 5 days from NJ to CA. Once I received, I can request invoice/warranty via email so that warranty would start when I get the item. Im very satisfied with the product and the seller.

I bought this product mainly for ripping DVDs, but as a bonus I was expecting it to play DVDs on my TV as well. Although it plays DVDs on my laptop just fine, it does not work on the TV (which happens to be an LG Smart TV). For those who are struggling with this, make sure to read the instructions. Before inserting a DVD, make sure to open the eject button, hold down the power button (the only button) for two seconds until the green light turns on, and then insert the DVD. This puts it into TV mode. When I plugged the DVD player into the TV (note - it is a USB connection), I had to install DivX Software which allowed the TV to recognize the DVD player, but unfortunately it could not read the files that were on it and instead just showed a blank screen without any files to choose from. In comparison, I have hooked up an external hard drive (with ripped DVD files) to the same TV, and it recognizes the files just fine. Although it is an inconvenience, I was able to work around the problem by ripping the DVD to my hard drive, and then using the hard drive to play the videos on my TV. Either way, it would have been nice to have something that doubled as a DVD player since I dont intend on ripping every DVD I get.

This is a pretty good drive for the price. My Macbook pro reads it immediately after I plug it in. Ive used it to burn CDs and play games and so far I havent had any problems with them loading. Its also a plus that I didnt have to download any software for it to work. Its very lightweight and thin which I really like as its very portable, although I do think it can get a little noisy at times. The eject button occasionally doesnt work, but its not such a big deal as I just eject the content through my laptop. And speaking of the eject button, its thin and sometimes hard to press. Its a good and reliable alternative to the more pricey hard drives out in the market. It has its flaws, but it cant be beat for the price.

Works great. I am using this with a MacBook Air. Plug and play. The package came with an installation CD-ROM, but it is not needed to use the DVD reader/writer. The reader/writer can also be plugged into a television and used as a portable storage device (IE: The TV recognizes it as a USB drive so you can play videos, music or view photos that are on a CD-ROM. The files must be readable by the TV, however. You cannot play a DVD movie in this reader through your TV). Shipping was a day late from the Prime 2-day delivery, but it came in a protected padded envelope.

I am the type of shopper that usually buys a cheap knockoff brand for items like this, as long as it has decent reviews. I started by buying a $17 (or so) knockoff brand and it didnt even work. The knock-off brand even came with a user guide to fix common issues that happen with it, which tells me they hardly ever work correctly. Mine didnt work at all. I gave in and bought this LG brand and it is so worth it. Wish I had bought this the 1st time around. It works great. I even dropped it twice by accident and it is still working thankfully.

The internal optical drive on my mid-2007 iMac was having problems reading disks. The drive would accept a disk and read it, but after a few minutes the drive would stop reading the disk. From what I read, others have had problems over time with the internal optical drives. This external drive worked fine with this older Mac. Plug and play. Using this external drive was a much easier and much less expensive alternative to replacing the internal optical drive. I cannot comment on the longevity of this product. I have only used it a few times, to retrieve photos from a DVD. So far it does what it is supposed to do.

I have loaded about 40 music CDs into My MacBook Air with this device and it works fine. My advice is, to disregard the very vague instructions and do the following . Turn your computer on , attach the LG writer to the computer with the included cable, open the CD tray with the eject button ,insert the included media suite 10 disc, let it run , eject that and load a CD , close the tray , it will show up in the finder section of the mac. and it will pop up on the screen and click to down load into your music. This only applies to a Mac. Im giving this 4 stars because I have not used it enough yet . I have had a number of these in wireless form and sent them all back and decided to try a cabled type writer . The cable will disconnect if the writer is moved around while in use .