Customer Reviews

NU Slim USB External SuperMulti Drive DVD Burner ESW860

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(7)

 

 

First of all - a great advantage - no extra AC power needed - that is exactly what we understand as a super slim portable drive. An AC power supply is even not included in the box and it comes just with Y-USB cable. I have IBM X61s laptop, equipped with 3 x USB 2.0 and the NU drive works perfectly on it. They say it is compatible both to USB 1.1 and 2.0, I guess that is why they provided Y-USB cable - for more power on older machines. The NU is cheaper than similar drives provided by TARGUS. About the software compatibility - I can say it is plug and play, no problems. I burned few CDs and DVDs, everything was just fine. They were readable on other machines. It comes with NERO 8.0 - some OEM version, but works great. The finish of this product is pretty good and the design is sleek. I think that is enough - I love it.

I bought this DVD Burner for my ASUS Eee PC with Windows XP and it works great. It just plug and play as advertised. No need to load included driver. It's very slim and light and powers off from USB Y-cable which makes perfect for traveling. It comes with very simple instruction manual and Nero software. It burns and plays CDs and DVDs and the price is very cheap.

I also use the drive with my other computer, SONY VAIO occasionally, and it works great with it, too.

I've purchased a different DVD Burner, NU ESW846PRO, from NUI Digital. The product works great and I had a great experiencing purchasing from NUI Digital. So, I bought this one for my friend's birthday gift and she also loves it. She's not a computer savvy, but she said it's very easy to use, just plug and go. She also travels a lot and said the driver is so small and compact, it is easy to carry. Great buy!

External DVD burner doesn't work with windows media player, and Nero software demands me to buy a special plug in or pay for an upgrade for a full version Nero. It's an extortion.

It is not possible to use it without paying additional money and it doesn't work with iTunes or Windows media player, only with Nero. Partial version of Nero they supplied with DVD Burner crashes. Don't buy.

It will occasionally bring my Asus Eee Pc to its knees when I plug it in (much like if you pulled the battery out). NUI says it is a problem with the netbook's power management system. OK, I'll buy that. The cure is to turn the machine off, plug in the drive and turn things on. Not too bad. But is also not entirely reliable with DVDs. I've come upon more than one movie that hangs.

It is also a little on the large size IMHO. But overall, it is fairly inexpensive, has seemingly good power consumption and will burn a DVD for seventy bucks. It also does have a DC input for separate power. No adapter though. I'm not sure why you'd ever need it anyway. If you need power, plug your laptop in.

Good product, certainly not great but then again it is an external DVD drive. I can't imagine one that I'd consider great.

It works, not always to my wishes, but it works.

I had the same problems with the unit as Geek expressed in their review. I sent the item back to the seller. They returned it to me saying it was fine. It was exactly the same. I returned it again to the seller and never got any reply. No response. No refund. I would not purchase another product from this company or this seller.

The drive was easy to use just plug and go. It has worked perfectly so far. My friend bought a similiar model but paid thirty dollars more, great value.

purchased this for my 2008 macbook pro....cable splits and occupies two usb hubs for power etc. usb hubs are on opposite sides of the macbook, so the cord does not reach both hubs and wont work. upon contacting nu they reccomended i purchase an extension for the usb cable. I did...and it still says the device cannont run because of how much power it draws. AWESOME waste of money for me.

If you invest in one of the small netbooks, you will need an external drive to go with it. Because I purchased my netbook explicitly for travel I didn't want to drag a heavy, bulky external drive along. That would negate the whole investment. There were many to choose from at the price point I wanted. They all had about the same features. The help line guy told me it looked sturdy & was light & about as small as it could be.

The 4 stars instead of 5 is because it takes two USB slots to run & doesn't have that sturdy feel about it. It looks good, is very light, runs quiet & cool. Only time will tell If it holds up to travel bumps & bangs. If it holds up, it is a good purchase.

I ordered this burner because I have a Dell Mini which has no room for a cd/dvd drive. This burner, which came with Nero, works really well and is so, so easy to use!