Gypsy Dancer—January 22, 2026✓ Verified purchase
Great CD DVD drive. I use it for my Dell laptop, and it was very easy to use. Had some software to install and this CD DVD drive was just what I needed. Simple plug and play. Love the thin design and that the USB connection cable easily stores flat on the bottom when not in use. It also came with a power cable in case needed, but so far, I have not had to use that. A perfect addition for my laptop. Now I can once again access stored and backed up files that I had on CDs. I also hope to watch DVD movies but have not tried that yet. The company was also very great and attentive to make sure everything was good. Highly recommend. UPDATE: I did put in a DVD to watch a movie and this CD DVD Drive functioned perfectly. Thumbs up all around! Read more
Customer—December 3, 2025✓ Verified purchase
Connected to a laptop using the USB-C style connector. Powered up fine and no need for extra power. There is an included power cable in case your having low power issues. I tested a couple of movie DVD's and tried installing some old software. First, the movies played fine, I use VLC Media player and the movies looked fine. Next is a crummy Windows problem where I can't install old software. Tired installing a 16bit program which was recognized but Windows wouldn't let it install. There are workarounds like using Dosbox. The player runs better than Windows 11. Recommended. Read more
Jen—August 27, 2025✓ Verified purchase
Really appreciate this affordable disc drive! However, there are definitely annoyances. As others have mentioned, the built-in cable is very short, which is very limiting when trying to find a convenient location to use it. It's also a finicky device that I didn't expect to need ~15 minutes trying to figure out. The physical manual that comes with the device is not comprehensive, so I had to revisit the Amazon product page several times to read through the product description and figure out why it wasn't working. Even the product page wasn't as clear as I needed it to be, so I had to find around 10 different articles online to troubleshoot how to make this specific drive work with my specific computer. (I have a MacBook Pro running with macOS version 15.6.1 (24G90).) But once I finally figured out how to use it, it was great! I've burned a few audio CDs, which sound great when played back. Read more
shackettb—January 4, 2026✓ Verified purchase
Great cd/dvd rw player! Easy set up, takes up little space on at my computer area and so far the dvd player is working awesome. Great buy and value for the money spent. Read more
Steven C. Radcliffe—December 4, 2025✓ Verified purchase
This DVD player is worthless; it stops and says "skipping damaged area". There are no damaged tracks on the DVD. I tried two other DVDs and it stops ever so often to tell me it is skipping over damaged areas; then it jumps ahead. I'll go back and replay that part of the DVD and it play perfectly. I am returning this "junk" and get my money back. Read more
Aili Melton—February 14, 2026✓ Verified purchase
I like how small and compact it is as I wanted to take one with me and my laptop on a long cruise and it is the perfect size and weight. Lots of down time crossing the Atlantic. Read more
Jessica Grimes Greenway—September 3, 2025✓ Verified purchase
Does the job but hard to open cord is too short. Read more
Arkady Preger—September 5, 2025✓ Verified purchase
It's working, I don't have any problems. What really surprises me statistics of the one-two stars customers ratings: very low, compared with 9 percent for one star rating and 2 percent for two stars ratings uniformly spreads among other brands. Probably, newer product made on newest equipment, I can presume. Read more
