Hitachi-LG BP55 External Blu-Ray Drive, USB 2.0 Slim Portable Player/Rewriter for Laptop, Desktop PC, Windows 11 Compatible, with TV Connectivity, 3D Playback, 8x Read/Write Speed - Black

I bought this during the black Friday sale so it was cheaper than normal, but even at full price I think it would still be worth the money, considering that the cyberlink suite disc provided is more than £50 alone RRP. I had a bit of trouble installing it and getting my laptop to recognise the player, but that was because I already had a different version of cyberlink installed so it didn't know which one to use. Once I uninstalled the old one and installed the suite from the disc provided, it all worked just fine and didn't take long to set up. The player itself is lightweight, and while it's a bit noisy while it's initially reading a disc, once it's actually playing it's pretty quiet.Does work better with both USB slots plugged in, unless you've got a really high powered pc/laptop. Overall, definitely worth the price for anyone wanting a portable bluray player.

This Hitachi-LG BP55 Blu Ray RW drive is USB powered, slim (slightly longer than DVD RW version), quiet in operation, and compatible with most common types of optical disc (including CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD-RAM, BD BDXL) hence 'Super-multi' branding. It is compatible with PC (including Linux) and MAC systems (the included software is Windows 10/11 only). As I have been using the previous DVD version since 2009, I know this is a good and reliable product I would recommend to and computer user.

I run both Linux and Windows on my laptop, and the drive works well for CDs and DVDs in both easily.A CD-ROM with software for Windows comes in the box, which allows the computer to play Blu-ray's, and the software works well, but a little cumbersome to install. (Still less cumbersome than trying to get a Blu-ray working in Linux)It's not a dainty model though, when comparing to my last model, but then again this one does Blu-ray's, and isn't broken, so it has that going for it :⁠-⁠) I have to store this one separately from the laptop, rather than in the bag with it.

A very tidy and well-engineered product. Simply plug in a Windows does its thing. Well packaged too, feels like a premium product. Would have liked this to have been a bit cheaper, but needed a drive and this ticked the boxes.

No problems with this External Blu-Ray Drive,plug and play and computer detected it straight away.

I brought this as I need an easy way to read Blu Ray discs on a Mac and after extensive research opted for this drive, mainly down to the brand name. The package was delivered and had a label ripped off the front, but other than that looked OK.I plugged the unit into the Mac, following the limited instructions provided and inserted a disc, that's when the fun started. It's noisy, really noisy and failed to read 3 or 4 discs, the Mac doesn't have native software and the disc provided only supports Windows, very frustrated as they state they support Mac on the front. I did eventually download a third party Blu Ray player and got a disc to read OK.First impressions are very disappointed with this drive on a Mac!

Really easy to setup worked straight out of the box. The Cyberlink software it comes with is poor crashes all the time, even after updating to the latest version. Still worth the money.

Plugs straight in and worked first time. If you have the right software, you can watch blu rays straight away. There are plenty of free software players availiable