Computers (laptops) don't come with drives anymore. I have never had a problem with performance. I have a VHS that will copy movies to a built-in DVD. I then transfer it to this DVD connected to a computer to digitize the home movies for sharing on YouTube, Plex Etc. Great price for portable usage on all of my various computers. The built-in hub for USB devices also works well for daisy chaining other equipment. I've had headphones hooked up through it and took calls through work without any interruptions. Read more
So far ive used this successfully for standard bluray disc's with my computer utilizing make mkv. Only had one bluray that wouldn't read. I've also used this to read a micro sd car and a micro with the sd card adapter. That slot was very stiff to get the card in the first time but no issues after. The usb cord is pretty short and comes out the side of the case so expect to need the whole unit right next to a port. All in all for the price I am quite pleased, not the fastest drive but works well. Ive been sitting on a bunch of blurays because I misunderstood how these things worked and thought I needed a special drive. Read more
I bought this to watch Bluray on my computer. I have a MSI Raider gaming laptop purchased earlier this year and I'm running windows 11 64 bit on it. I unboxed and plugged the drive into my computer using the attached USB cord and the computer recognized the drive right away. I put a bluray disc into the drive, it spun up for a few seconds then stopped. I tired right clicking on the drive emblem and choosing launch auto play and nothing. I updated my system, restarted my computer, nothing. I updated my drivers and tried again and nothing. I then put a DVD in and it started up just fine. I swapped the DVD for the blurry version and, again, nothing. I even downloaded a Bluray player app and still couldn't get it to launch. I tried 5 different bluray movies just to mske sure it wasnt the disc itself. It simply won't initialize and play Bluray disc's. Finally, I went into the drive's properties only to discover that while its labeled a BD drive, its actually a CD/DVD drive. I DO NOT RECOMMENDED THIS PRODUCT TO ANYONE. Read more
Good product, good cost, but best with a computer VS smart TV, most smart tv's won't recognize the system. Read more
This is plug and play device, no drivers needed, just plug it to a USB port insert your disk and it works. It runs quitely.Read and write very fast. And I am very happy with burning Blu-ray disk for high storage. Great buy for the price. Recommended ! Read more
Decent player, however, documentation is horrible. Also, a big negative was the Region setting for the drive was Japan by default which is why they don't play for most in the US out of the box. The 2 big things to make it work are: 1. The cable attached to the unit is what connects to the computer. The separate cable for power plugs into the usb c on back of unit. 2. Verify and change region setting. I did it in Ubuntu Linux. Read more
Working great! Had now for many months - mostly in box but every few months I pull it out and give it a fair workout. So far standing up just fine. I do need to plug in for power separate from the data USB cable, but not at all unexpected or a problem. Read more
I haven't had this product long-term but it hasn't failed on me yet. Also, make sure you use both of the USBS connected to the PC. I didn't bother reading the instructions at first ๐. Also, there's plenty of free software out there for you to use. You just got to look around. I used this product with Windows 11** My PC had no trouble finding the device. Definitely brought back some nostalgia from my early days of burning CDs ๐๐ Read more
