USB 2.0 portable Slot Loading External Burner 8X DVD+/-RW/-RAM/DL Drive for HP 2133 Aspire One Inspiron Mini 9 Wind U100 U90 Lenovo Ideapad S10 ASUS EEE PC ASUS EEE BOX PC HP Mini 1000 and most other Laptops

by Brainydeal

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• ASIN: B001VAP7TM
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #68 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > External Components > Optical Drives > DVD Drives
  • #84 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Computer Components > Internal Optical Drives > Internal DVD Drives
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 11, 2009

Customer Reviews

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Small and powerful, but overloaded my USB port, June 24, 2009

By 

Steven Allmon (Etowah, TN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: USB 2.0 portable Slot Loading External Burner 8X DVD+/-RW/-RAM/DL Drive for HP 2133 Aspire One Inspiron Mini 9 Wind U100 U90 Lenovo Ideapad S10 ASUS EEE PC ASUS EEE BOX PC HP Mini 1000 and most other Laptops (Electronics)

I recently purchased this unit from Amazon for my laptop. Frankly, the price was a large factor in my decision. The unit is VERY small, very light weight and it works well. It derives power from a USB port ( both USB data and power cord are included with the unit), which is my only complaint. I use mine with a Dell Inspiron that is a few years old, runninf Windows XP and with only 2 USB ports. I use it as my primary desktop / laptop, so a USB extender port hub was a necessity. Unfortunately, the DVD writer causes too much of a power surge. Simple fix, though, I just bought a power convertor / charger for USB and connected the unit's power USB to the port on the convertor / charger. Software CD Rom included was not a big help and the programs included ( Nero et al) aren't all that new or as fast as newer programs. Regardless, the burner works well, has a very small foot print and is priced very competetively.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Works great in Linux, December 20, 2010

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Richard - See all my reviews

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For the price you pay, this is an excellent slot loading DVD player. A few things I wish I knew earlier:

* By default it takes 2 USB ports, one for data and one for power, but a USB to AC adapter can be used on the power input.
* It works fine in Linux.
* The eject button is hard to press. When I change disks I use the operating system eject command.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Good Deal For The Money, May 31, 2011

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ZMOO - See all my reviews

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This item arrived promptly and worked within seconds after being plugged in. It is cheap, it is slot loading, and it works well. Two negative things about this product are that it requires two USB jacks on your computer, one for power one for data. The other negative is that the eject button is for show only it has no button behind the front of the case. so ejecting the disc requires opening MyComputer and right clicking eject on the drive letter. However i mostly use it with itunes so the eject button in itunes is just as convenient as the button on the actual device would be.