UPDATE, April 2022: So now I've lost count of how many times I have used this LG Electronics External Drive, for copying CDs to my computer and also to burn computer files to CD media. If I had to guess, I would say it's been used a thousand times minimum, probably more. Still works like new, never a problem reading or burning anything. Lots of miles on this thing now, and performs flawlessly. I'd recommend this one and would definitely buy it again. FIRST UPDATE: After using this LG Electronics External Drive for a couple of months, I just could not be more pleased with it. I've already used it several hundred times. The built-in CD/DVD drive in my desktop computer stopped working after less than 3 years, although I did use it a lot- and I mean a whole lot. I wanted something simple to replace it with, easy to use, and with no bells and whistles and no internal storage. INITIAL REVIEW: When I received this, I plugged this drive into a USB port, and that's all there was to it! Windows Media Player immediately recognized this drive, and my other downloaded CD ripping program just needed one simple settings change click to recognize the drive. I would say this LG Electronics External Drive is comparably fast at ripping and burning CDs as the old one that came on my computer. I have not and likely will not use it to play or burn DVDs, so I cannot comment on that, however my guess is it will work fine for DVDs as well. It does sound a bit louder when operating than my computer's built-in CD/DVD drive, which I expected, as it is an external drive without the metal computer housing around it to pad the sound. I would not say operation is excessively loud, it is perfectly acceptable. The size is nice and small, and although it is light weight the 4 rubber pads on the bottom do a decent job at keeping it from sliding around on the top of my desk. Another review said this comes without a USB cable, which is not the case- included in the package box is a 2 foot mini USB cable. I bought a 3 foot cable thinking it would not come with a cable, but rest assured it does come with one. One cable is plenty powerful to both operate and power this drive with- no second USB connection is needed. There is also a programming CD included, which I'm not sure what is on it, and I doubt I will ever use it because this drive is doing everything I need it to do just out of the box. So, so far so good. It is working great and has been reliable so far. Who's to say whether or not it will last for years, or may not develop problems in the future. Most electronics do. But for less than 30 dollars, it was a good investment, and for ease of operation I feel it would be hard to beat. I know some of the reviews are negative, but so are several reviews on every external drive offered on Amazon. My initial impression is to give this one a try, I think You'll like it. I ordered it one day, and it arrived the next day, which is also a plus. Read more

I needed and external CD/DVD Read-Writer predominanltly for ripping DVDs and for me the must haves were (1) reputable main stream manufacturer (2) reasonable cost and (3) compact. The LG GP65NG60 fulfilled all of these requirements, and the "UGREEN USB C to Mini USB Cable High Speed USB 2.0 Type C to Mini USB 5 Pin Adapter 480Mbps Data Sync Charge Lead Compatible with Thunderbolt 3 MacBook " provided the elegant solution of direct interface between MAC and Drive. The MacBook Air M1 only has 2 USB-C/Thunderbolt interfaces, though I do have the Anker USB C PowerExpand 6-in-1 which gives me all the external interfaces I need, e.g. USB and USB-C and wired Ethernet. For DVD ripping and recoding to MP4, for putting on to an SD-card for projector playback, I went for the popular (and paid for) WinX DVD Ripper and WinX HD Video Converter. I also purchased the Windows versions for my Dell laptop. I've processed a number of DVDs now without any issues whatsoever. The ripper is fast, approx 15 mins for 4.7GB DVD rip using the recommended default MP4 profile, and the Video converter takes approx 20 seconds. Both packages I run using the apps "Use High Quality Engine". I'm extremely pleased with the LG drive, the gold option matches my Macbook quite well rather than the black option, and the WinX packages make life so uncomplicated. Read more

Habe mir nach längerer Recherche im Internet dieses Laufwerk gekauft da es laut diverser Foren sehr gut für das fehlerfreie einlesen von Audio CDs geeignet sein soll. Heutige Notebooks und Tablets haben ja meist keine CD-Laufwerke mehr, so auch mein Surface nicht. Nach dem Auspacken das Laufwerk einfach angesteckt. Wurde problemlos erkannt und nach der Konfiguration von Exact Audio Copy waren auch die ersten 3 CDs schnell eingelesen. Das Ergebnis war erwartungsgemäß sehr gut. Etwas anderes als CDs einzulesen habe ich mit diesem Laufwerk noch nicht gemacht, daher kann ich auch nur das bewerten. Read more

Lo uso para mi trabajo, donde aun estamos con el uso de CDs para recibir información y la verdad por la calidad-precio y marca lo preferí a las marcas genéricas de lectores. Lo comparé con otros y al menos a mi no me ha fallado en leer ningún disco, en especifico para ver radiografias y Tomográfias. Sin duda recomiendo invertir un poco más por un mejor producto que productos sin marcas conocidas y el color hace que se sepa de quien es jajaja, porque sin duda sobresale con el resto Read more

Software was easily installed & instruction was precise, work well and hassle free. Love it! Read more

I bought this to replace an older LG external drive which wasn't compatible with Win10 (although it still works fine on Win 7 after many years). This unit is smaller and lighter than the previous one I had. It feels a little less solid perhaps, but works fine and is completely painless to use - simple plug and play in Win 10. It's exactly fit for purpose (in my case, reading and writing a DVD from time to time). Read more

Great quality and works easily, worked with a pc and my macbook Read more

Does the job so far Read more

Very good quality. Very handy. Highly recommend Read more

Very good 👍 Read more

Worked perfect with it Read more

it is useful Read more

Works on my MacBook Air perfectly ! No extra software required, just plug and play! I especially needed to import some contents from CD, and this product does it so well! Read more

Nice Read more