Dell USB Slim DVD +/- RW Drive DW316 - Plug and Play, 8 Watt Power Consumption, Windows 11 or below - Black

I read a lot of reviews, and I went with this one, even though it was a little more expensive because the less expensive ones didn’t have the best reviews.This one arrived very carefully packaged with everything intact, lots of plastic around the actual unit, so it wouldn’t get scratched. It came with a disc that I wasn’t really sure what the disc was for, initially I thought it was to load software, but my firewall wouldn’t allow it and, as this is a new computer for me, I wasn’t sure how to turn that off. However, I slipped a music CD disc into it to try and it worked perfectly fine. Maybe the disc is for rewriting CDs or making copies or something.So as a senior who is not very techno savvy, this was very easy to just plug in and start using, no issues. The Quickstart guide was very helpful. The other information that was in the packet was incredibly difficult to read. It had to do with warranties, I believe. I could not make out the small print.It’s a very compact unit and easy to use because it connects with a USB. I did not have a DVD to try so I may update my review. Price point was a little high compared to the other ones but I wanted a real Dell product and like I said the reviews for it were very good so I would recommend it.

I've only had it for a few hours, but I've been able to rip about 30 CDs so far, which is most of my collection. I didn't even need the software disc it came with, just plugged the cord into the external CD drive, plugged the USB into the USB port my laptop, and popped in my own CDs. It started right up with Windows Media Player. I configured a few settings in WMP (rip automatically and eject after ripping) and soon had a good little system going. Very easy.I'd say the only downsides so far is that after about 10 CD discs, it makes a really loud whirring noise, so for ripping CDs you should definitely plan to give this thing a break after awhile. It also takes about 3-5 minutes per CD to rip. I'm not sure if that's a long time or not, but it was fine with me.This external drive seems like it would be very portable for watching DVDs on the go, but I didn't really buy it for that, so I don't know if I'll ever test that theory. It does play DVDs, though. I'll see how it does for burning CDs later, since I have a few albums I need to burn to new CDs.Again, it's been less than 24 hours since the package with this drive got here. But I've been very impressed with it so far. 30 CD rips, rather seamlessly. Much better than the random no-name brand I had a couple years ago. I'll update this if anything changes.

Ok I finally got around to plugging this into an old laptop running windows 7 but did not work until I downloaded the VLC media player. This got a DVD running fine, but I only had a few minutes to test it out. Device seems good, but apparently when using the VLC downloaded program you need to keep the volume down not too high or you could blow out your speakers due to a software incompatibility. I don't have time to sit and read the multitude of info on this issue. If any of you can offer some clarity in simplified form I will be happy to hear it :-) I did not even open the CD that came with the device, since other reviewers said it was useless.

Works very well. I use it with a HP computer, just plug it in and the computer recognizes it right away. Loaded my Software disc, installed the software and then ejected and unplugged the drive. About $10 less than buying it from Dell and about $70 less than what HP wanted for their model. It comes with some sort of media software, which I did not install. You don't really need it.

A little slow, but reliable so far and has been able to load and read a variety of music CDs, movie DVDs, and some old software discs. I've had it for a few months now and I'm happy with how well it has worked, although it looks very light and the disc drawer seems fragile, so I'm a little worried about how it will hold up over the long term. But so far so good!

After buying the ones that were half this price from Amazon. Or off eBay. Or off TikTok shop. None of those worked. Of course Amazon's packaging these days are hit or miss. I don't know why you would put a delicate piece of electronics in a paper bag and hand it to a guy in a big brown truck thinking that it would work when it got here. But this one was well boxed and I haven't had one problem with it. I still have some CDs that I've had from the '80s and they work perfect in them. No I don't have a mullet. But I did just go see a RATT tribute band and a Def Leppard tribute band in the same night. They were awesome and it really took you back in time. But as far as this goes it's a good buy if you need one it works

This unit is compact, slim and seems to be well.made. Does what it says it will do, used it on multiple old photo dvd’s it worked flawlessly.

We absolutely love this new drive! Will tell friends so they can buy one too! Thank you Dell!