LG Super-Multi Ultra Slim Portable DVD+/-RW Drive

I bought it in 2014 and it’s still working great.

I bought this external CD/DVD drive at the time because I was converting my friend’s hundreds of CDS in his house to digital so he could put them on his hardrive and listen to them that way. The computer I was using had a fully functional drive but I was afraid of breaking the drive after hundreds upon hundreds of CD rippings. This thing is AWESOME! It may feel cheap when you first get it, but I can tell you that it is far from cheap after weeks of hundreds (probably thousands) of CD rippings.

I also needed one because I am getting a MacBook in 6 months. MacBooks do not have CD/DVD drives to make more room for battery and horsepower. Apple sells an external CD/DVD drive for $80! This thing has a faster write and read speed, a smaller form factor, and a far better price than Apple’s external drive. This is what Apple should be producing!

It has a pleasing design and there is no set up time. There is only one port, the USB which powers the device and the eject button. It is wonderful for travel, I would guess it’s about 1/4 LB. It’s amazing!

IMPORTANT NOTE: The only thing I would like to point out for laptop owners is using this device while on battery power MAY naturally drain the battery faster. It would seam realistic, but I haven’t done it yet. I have YET to try that out when I get my MacBook Air!

I am a busy man, and don’t have anytime to write reviews. I was so happy and pleased with this device that I MADE THE TIME to write this review. I bought one for my dad and recommend it to anybody who doesn’t have a CD/DVD drive who wants one. This is the best 20 bucks I’ve ever spent!

El producto funciona muy bien, para lectura,; no he probado para grabar. Es delgado, es bonito y el color negro le da un toque de elegancia.
Es fácil de instalar el producto para que utilices y disfrutes el LG.

I purchase this because I needed a way to convert some old Sony Minidisk DVD’s to mp4’s so I could save them on my Mac. I found a YouTube video on how to do this and the guy recommended this drive for it. It worked perfectly and now I have all my minis converted to MP4’s and saved on my computer. Many drives will no long play the mini disks so this is great. The price was fair too. I have not tried burning discs with it yet so I don’t know how that works but for playing and transferring file to your computer, it works really well.

It seems to be working to above standards right out of the box, instantly loads dvds, all the ones my dvd drive won’t load this one doe’s so I can keep upgrading my Vudu account. It seems to play them just fine without loading any of the software that came with the unit, so I just tucked away the software so if needed I have it. I haven’t played a whole movie yet but it opens under fifteen seconds or way quicker and plays it then since I’m just uploading to Vudu I stop it and do my thing, but the picture is pulled up on screen for intro so I can tell it’s playing the dvds. One cable seems to be more than strong enough using HP CQ 60 usb port. It’s kind of light and flimsy but not bendable flimsy. Expect the unit to be moving all arround while taking in and out discs, it’s think just a half an inch high, so I finally ended up wedging it under the usb plug in and that seems to hold in a good place and keep it from moving all around, now I just need to find a shorter cable in my bag of cables to make it pretty, one that comes with it though has the magnet shield magnet on it so not sure if I should switch it out. Push the button on the front and it pops right open not a fancy one like an x box but more like the ones that come with lap tops, latch is released and spring pops it open. Makes some loud noises with some dvds and those were not properly pushed down enough so be careful of that. Still some are just louder even when rightly inserted. It’s got a plastic sticker on top to make it look aluminum brushed, it’s all plastic, so don’t mistakingly try and peel it off as a clear protective sticker like the ones found all over unit when you get it like I did, didn’t peel up at all but I was just lucky. As I said plug and play replaces immediately your internal drive once auto driver finds right driver to communicate with unit, I’m using Windows 7. Expect it to be smudgy on top from holding the unit down while closing it each time. No fancy lights or anything just one blue or green activity light on front and one button on front to open it. I think that covers it, as I said brand new and haven’t played an entire disc, but very pleased on it’s lightning speed of opening all my dvds when my drive would just click for minutes and still not open them. Write me for questions, spend the thirty and be satisfied, I’m now an LG customer. I have it running off a plain usb not 2.0 or anything, at least I’m pretty sure it’s just a plain usb.

This little DVD drive is a great product and it doesn’t break the bank if you need one. Fast.