HitachiLG GP60 External DVD Drive, Slim Portable DVD Burner/Writer/Player for Laptop, Windows and Mac OS Compatible, USB 2.0, 8x Read/Write Speed - Black

I've just bought a lovely gaming PC but it never crossed my mind that they don't tend to come with CD/DVD drives anymore. This would be a problem as I like to import my CDs into iTunes so I purchased this drive for what was a low price from a reliable brand. It plugs it via a standard USB (no need for additional power) and works effectively and in relative silence. When not in use, I simply put it into storage. Does a great job and much easier (and cleaner on the looks) than putting a drive into my actual gaming PC.

Item arrived quickly but it was sent in the original box with no protection. I was immediately annoyed because it just happens this is for me but imagine if I wanted to give this as a present to someone. Box is completely battered from the postage and travel.It comes with a cyberlink suite disc but I've not used it as I have my own DVD CD burner software. The device worked straight from the box and is very light weight with a decent connector cable. It's looks slimmer than other devices I had before.I connected to my HP envy laptop with windows 11 and it worked immediately. At the time of writing this review I managed to write 8 music CDs of my own production and it's taken less than 20 minutes.The instructions are useless but with a bit of intuition we can get around any issues.The device doesn't say anywhere that it's a DVD CD writer so I'm going to have to stick a label.The box states it can connect to a TV and be used as a DVD player but that is not true. My TV wouldn't even recognise it.So far it's working ok and it's not damaged any CD like the other burner I was using before.It not very noisy but it's makes a noticeable fan noise which is typical to CD burners.I'll update when I use the cyberlink media suite that comes with it and when I try to burn DVDs too.

After weeks of trying to find the right external drive for a new laptop I was about to give up (too many 1-star reviews mostly) when I found this little beauty. It installed on Win10 in about 5 seconds, and was working without installing anything else. It comes with the Cyberlink Media Suite but I already have perfectly good software to cover these functions so have not bothered with installing it.It is very, very quiet; closes without the usual struggle to get it to latch; accesses the disc very fast and is extremely well constructed (especially: the drawer does not flap about when open).Like all such drives it is a little delicate - the penalty for being light enough to carry around in a laptop bag all day. Nothing indicates to me that this one is any weaker than the others, and may even be a bit less vulnerable on the top surface.I recommend without reservation. It may be a few pounds more expensive than most others, but that is money well spent.10 out of out 10.

Simple to set up and use. Works a treat every time. If you don’t have avcd drive then buy this. I use it a lot for recording and writing.

Such a versatile device - have bought these for multiple friends/family as it 'just works'. I use it myself mainly for archiving cds, software and as a collector of old computers, I can confirm it works with XP, Vista and Windows 7 machines, where I use it over the inbuilt and often 'tired' drives these devices come with. Price is also a big plus.

Having looked at similar, slightly cheaper devices, I opted for this one because it was a more reputable brand. The other ones may work well for a while, but I was worried that they could fall apart after a few months! I am pretty happy with my choice. It looks nice, is sturdy and does the job. The only small criticism is that it is a little noisy. However, given the attractive price for the quality of the brand, I think that you’d be hard pushed to find a better value, more reliable device.

Brilliant fantastic product would highly recommend

Not as fast as my old mains powered cd writer but takes up less space and is very portable.