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Duronic - Slimline USB External CD RW DVD ROM Drive for Laptops, Desktop and Netbooks

by Duronic
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (285 customer reviews)

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  • High Speed USB 2.0
  • Powers from USB (no mains power supply required)
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Product Information

Technical Details
BrandDuronic
Item Weight499 g
Product Dimensions24.2 x 18.4 x 5.6 cm
Item model numberUSB Combi
  
Additional Information
ASINB001GRNS32
Best Sellers Rank 1,383 in Computers & Accessories (See top 100)
Shipping Weight376 g
Date First Available26 Sep 2008
  
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268 of 271 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent optical drive 29 Jan 2009
If like me you have a sub notebook (Lenovo Thinkpad x61s) without a CD drive then this little external DVD/CDRW drive is perfect. I needed to install a new operating system on the laptop and this drive was was just what I needed. It is a good size, nice and slim, so not much extra weight to carry around and works just from the supplied USB cable, though there is an A/C adapter supplied as well. the drive is much more robust than I was expecting and should last well in normal use, though I don't expect it will survive being dropped from a height! its nice and quiet which is good as you don't want lots of whizzing sounds when watching DVD's in fact the only thing you will need to do to watch DVD movies is download a DVD codec if you don't have a software DVD player like WinDVD already. It arrived very quickly after ordering and its excellent especially for only £30ish!
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250 of 254 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Does what it says... ! 3 Dec 2008
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I also bought this to use with an eee PC - a 901 running Ubuntu-eee - and it works perfectly. I've set up the 901 so VLC starts automatically when a DVD is inserted, and all the DVDs I've tried play at full-screen with no stuttering or dropped frames. It also seems happy getting power from the USB port with no need to use the separate power supply that comes with it. The build quality is reasonable although not particularly rugged.

I would recommend this device for any laptop or netbook that doesn't have a built-in CD/DVD drive. Note that it reads and writes to CD, but is read-only with DVDs.
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84 of 86 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Mac/ powerbook compatability 23 Dec 2008
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The customer service from this company was fantastic. When I received the initial drive it didn't work and I was concerned that it might be incompatible with my powerbook G4 however I phoned computer trading who were extreemly helpful and sent me a replacement drive the next day. This one works perfectly. I am very pleased with my new drive as it saves the cost and hassle of sending my computer off to get the internal dvd drive repaired.

A note for G4 powerbook users. The drive did not come up on my screen as an icon until I inserted a DVD and in order to insert the DVD it was necessary to use the mains adaptor cable. Once I had plugged drive into mains and inserted DVD it worked as normal
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars Great!
Really easy to use, just plug it in and away you go! Pleasantly surprised by its simplicity and durability. It's a great wee device.
Published 6 days ago by Ryanold1
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
Good, does what it says. Works without a power supply or installing the software which is good. Also bought at a reasonable price so really happy.
Published 6 days ago by Kittenheap
5.0 out of 5 stars Great product
This drive really impressed me, quick, small, and doesn't require a power supply, It does however use two USB ports, one for data and the second powers the unit
Published 7 days ago by PHILLIP LACEY
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect
I bought this for my daughter as we had just bought her a notebook, and this was just right for her to be able to download her cd's onto her computer so that she could listen to... Read more
Published 9 days ago by Jackie2901
5.0 out of 5 stars Cheap and Cheerful - Great Performance at a Great Price
This dinky little drive does exactly what I wanted it to, and cost far less than I thought it would. Read more
Published 10 days ago by Inconstant Reader
2.0 out of 5 stars Reads CDs but not DVDs
Sadly this device would only read CDs and not DVDs on my Dell pc running Windows XP. I have therefore returned it. Rather disappointed!
Published 12 days ago by Warnz
4.0 out of 5 stars Does what it says
I ordered this to use with my Acer Aspire v5-171. Seems fine so far, used it to watch a film recently and it worked perfectly. I didn't notice any whirring noise.
Published 17 days ago by nagapie
2.0 out of 5 stars OK for viewing DVDs, but wouldn't write DVDs with Windows 8
Nice compact unit. Worked fine as a DVD reader but my Windows 8 laptop would not write to the drive, so pretty useless as it turned out. Read more
Published 18 days ago by John Donne
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
Got this a my new ultra book as no disk drive. Can the next day on prime and worked straight from the off. The price is excellent and looks well made.
Published 20 days ago by jbr
2.0 out of 5 stars doesn't work for dvds
This is ok. It works for software cds which is why I bought it. but it won't work to play DVDs
Published 1 month ago by J. Wilson
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