LG USB 3.0 Super-Multi Portable DVD+/-RW Drive

Fonctionne à merveille, et super beau.

Le bon

Pas besoin de drivers additionnel
Super rapide
Qualité
Cable usb Fournis

I bought two other units and returned them before finally finding this one.

The first was a tray loading model by LG. I do not recall the exact model number but I think it may have been the GP60NB50. It felt very fragile and I returned it for that reason. It was so light that you had to hold it down on the desk with one hand so you could push the tiny eject button. Otherwise, pushing the button just cause the entire drive to move like it was on ice.

The second was a tray loading model by Dell (DW316). It had about the same build quality as the LG unit and suffered from the same concerns I had. I thus returned it for the same reason as the LG unit: too fragile and too light. The tray on both units felt so flimsy that I was scared to snap a disk onto the tray spindle without supporting it from beneath with my other hand.

Although the slot load on this LG GP70NS50 is plastic in construction, it feels more like metal and is more sturdy in every respect. The loading mechanism is far superior and does not feel fragile. It automatically grabs and ingests a disk once you have inserted it about 75% into the slot. I like the fact that there is a manual eject button instead of having to rely entirely on a software eject capability. My old iMac had a slot load CD/DVD superdrive, but there was no manual eject and that always made me extremely nervous. More than once I had to use a paper clip in a tiny hole provided for ejecting a disk that would not respond to the software eject command.

I also like that this device has a removable USB cable rather than an integral cable. The integral cable is so short (8″) on most of the inexpensive no-name models here on Amazon that it constrains where you can put your laptop relative to the external drive. The removable cable avoids this problem and you can always buy a longer cable if the 24″ version included in the product is insufficiently long.

It doesn’t seem to me that anyone is actually manufacturing new models of external CD/DVD drives any longer so what you are buying today was essentially designed about 10 years ago and the various factories still building these things are just cranking them out to fulfill the relatively small demand that still exists for a physical CD/DVD drive. So adjust your expectations accordingly. This becomes very apparent when you go to their support forums which have not been updated in 5-10 years, and it is even more apparent when you see the age of the bundled software with all of these external drives, regardless of whose you buy. As best I can tell, most of the bundled SW comes from Cyberlink and is at least 5 years old – and perhaps 10. The have apparently struck a deal with most drive manufacturers to bundle their software, but it is antiquated and I don’t recommend it – if it will even load. That was the case with the Dell DW316 where the Cyberlink Media Suite software included in the box would not load on my Windows 10 laptop. With this LG slot load unit, it also had Cyberlink software, but I didn’t even try to load it because it was even older than the bundled offering on the Dell DW316.

Save yourself the exasperation and just go straight to something else – most or all of what you need can be obtained for free elsewhere.

– To burn data disks, I simply use the capabilities inherent in Windows 10.

– To play, rip, or burn music CDs, I use iTunes.

– To play DVD movies, I downloaded VLC media player which is open source and truly free – unlike most of the other things available on the Windows Store which are really just trialware instead of freeware.

After using it now for about 2 weeks, I would recommend the LG GP70NS50. I believe the AP70NS50 is newer by a few years, but I could not find any differences in terms of specifications between the two units. Perhaps LG can clarify the differences. I just know that I am happy with the drive and am glad I spent an extra $15 to get something more robust, with a removable cable, and in a slot loading format. The tray loading models just felt like an accident waiting to happen every time I used them. No matter what you buy, the bundled software is likely to be abysmal so curb your enthusiasm to assume that the software will be little more than a coffee cup coaster. The hardware, meanwhile, will be just fine whether you are using Windows or OSX.

I am using this DVD with MS Surface Pro 3 with Window 8.1; it is the second device I purchased – the first was not compatible with SP3 and I returned to Amazon – so be careful if you buy something other than this LG. I am using with Windows Media Center (required purchase from MS on line for $9.95). No problems with using; plugged in to USB worked immediately. Unlike others who referred to the need to update LG DVD firmware, I did not have that problem.
Finally, Amazon is offering this at $25.00 less than exact same product on the MS store site! It’s a great price value!. Quality of video viewing using both US and UK DVDs is excellent. If you are planning to use a DVD player with SP3 this is the only way to go!

Excellent lecteur / graveur optique LG. Aucun problème de reconnaissance ni sur MAC ni sur PC. Un produit fiable et peu bruyant.

small, slim size and work out well.