Sony Slim External Optical Drive for VAIO DRX-S70U-W (Black)

by Sony

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches ; 12.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B002SIZA6Q
• Item model number: DRX-S70U-W
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #56,695 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 26, 2009

Product Description

External Optical Drive

Customer Reviews

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14 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Requires AC adapter!, January 21, 2010

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Beub (New York, NY, United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Sony Slim External Optical Drive for VAIO DRX-S70U-W (Black) (Personal Computers)

This drive looks great and it's quite compact, which makes it a good choice. HOWEVER, it does not work without external power and cannot run on USB power alone. This significantly restricts its usefulness as a DVD drive for a laptop. There are many good external drives out there that run on USB alone, so this is a dealbreaker.

5.0 out of 5 stars Best external drive for any application, October 13, 2010

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Nameless Faceless User (Holbrook, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony Slim External Optical Drive for VAIO DRX-S70U-W (Black) (Personal Computers)

I couldn't have been happier with my purchase. This drive has a solid metal housing which is amazingly slim. It looks like it can handle a good deal of abuse in a laptop bag. On the desktop, it looks slick and handles a wide variety of media and formats.

I searched for days to find this model. I wanted something which wouldn't fall apart. I also didn't want the hassle of trying to power it with multiple USB plugs i.e. I actually searched for a model which ran with an AC adapter since I have more AC sockets than USB sockets.

Buy this. You won't go wrong.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very good slim external drive that is compatible with 120 or 240 volts, April 15, 2010

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John T. Obrien (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony Slim External Optical Drive for VAIO DRX-S70U-W (Black) (Personal Computers)

This is a quality external drive that is capable of working with both 120V and 240V electrical sockets. Sometimes, you will come across a laptop or computer that only has usb 1.0 ports. USB 1.0 ports will not provide enough power to run an external optical drive.