Transcend Extra Slim Portable DVD Writer - Black

I still use the product and it still functions as new, quite portable and sturdy. The price is also reasonable for the performance.

I was slightly concerned whilst purchasing this due to the reviews. Must say that it worked straight out of the box without any issues. It also works directly when plugged into the projector using the USB cable. Wonder why anyone should pay for high cost of lenovo drives.

I got a new PC and knew there would be no disk drive to load all software I needed to and wanted something cheap but would do the job.Pros:Cheap and does the jobSlim and easy to use (plug in and use no software needed)Cons:1) You need to plug into two USB ports for it to work2) Cables are not long enough as usual3) My PC was acting up and is in for repairs but trying to fix this, using this device was a problem, I am hoping it was the PC, (I had to do some installs a few times) otherwise this equipment is acting up after a little over a year of being used.4) You have to take a little care of taking disks out.Bought this in June 2015 for £21.59 and was £13.95 in September 2016

Very slim, light external drive. Comes supplied with a split lead so that the drive may be plugged into 2 USB sockets simultaneously. My laptop is quite a beast and the bus is obviously capable of supplying sufficient current to the drive as I only used one of the USB sockets and the unit performed admirably. I've burned a number of Lightscribe discs and each has turned out fine. Average time to burn an image is 25-30 minutes. A very good unit at a good price coupled with free Cyberlink Media Suite 10 as a free download from the Transcend site-worth the price on its own!

Had this for a year and writing while I wait for it to load a CD onto iTunes. Generally OK except when I upload CD's. Probably more to do with the manufacuting quality of the CD's these days but the CD unit needs a good CD or it may not work properly. Not good as you can't rely on it. Apart form audio CD's seems to be fine. Nice and compact.

This Transcend CD drive is 'plug and play', so any drivers needed are installed automatically. The CD drive shows in the Computer window as another DVD RW drive icon, and behaves in exactly the same way as an internal CD drive. It is supplied with a USB 'Y' lead. The length of the flexible sections are 380mm for the main lead and 150mm for the supplementary lead. I used the drive with an Acer Aspire 5733 Windows 7 laptop, and with Verbatim 43147 CD-RW's. I only needed to have the USB main lead connected in order to be able to write, read and erase files. I used ImgBurn to burn a 436 MB ISO file to CD-RW. I erased files using both Windows and ImgBurn. I formatted a CD-RW in Windows for use 'Like a USB flash drive'. Everything works, so this drive receives a 5-star rating.

An inexpensive DVD/CD reader/writer needed for new laptop. Clear instructions on website.

Unlike a cheaper one I got previously, this can play UK DVDs without any errors or skipping, very good picture and at least on a couple of Mac laptops did not need the second energy USB connected.