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best external DVD burner?

PostPosted: Thu Sep 17, 2020 11:11 am
by SkaarjMaster
Screwed up and got a new laptop with no DVD burner......which external ones should I consider hooking up? Not necessarily the fastest, but the most reliable. Thank you.

EDIT: for the new MSI laptop in my sig;)

Re: best external DVD burner?

PostPosted: Thu Sep 17, 2020 11:08 pm
by Ian
Portable or full size external?

Re: best external DVD burner?

PostPosted: Thu Oct 08, 2020 11:14 am
by SkaarjMaster
family stuff getting weird (sorry for late response)............portable for laptop. Thank you.

Re: best external DVD burner?

PostPosted: Sat Oct 10, 2020 7:50 pm
by Ian
I think the only companies still making truly portable Blu-ray drives are LG and Pioneer. Both are good in my book but it looks like LG is still stuck on USB 2.0 where Pioneer has adopted USB 3.0.

Re: best external DVD burner?

PostPosted: Sat Oct 10, 2020 9:26 pm
by SkaarjMaster
Actually, doesn't have to be blu-ray, I was just thinking DVD burner. Although, as long as they're portable for laptop, then why not blu-ray (as long as it plays all DVDs also).

Maybe this one will work:
https://www.newegg.com/lg-model-bp60nb1 ... klink=true

Re: best external DVD burner?

PostPosted: Mon Oct 19, 2020 2:52 pm
by SkaarjMaster

Re: best external DVD burner?

PostPosted: Thu Oct 22, 2020 12:51 am
by Ian
The Pioneer is a newer design and I'd take USB 3.0 over USB 2.0 any day.

Re: best external DVD burner?

PostPosted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 10:09 am
by SkaarjMaster
Got the Pioneer and it can play movies in Win10 with the free Cyberlink software (couldn't get it to work with VLC player for some odd reason; did try the files suggested online). I'll try burning with it later. Thank you.