Hitachi-LG GP60 External DVD Drive, Slim Portable DVD Burner/Writer/Player for Laptop, Windows and Mac OS Compatible, USB 2.0, 8x Read/Write Speed - Black

Purchased the drive to rip CD collection. I purchased a Mini USB to USBC data cable at the same time, the supplied cable is mini USB to USBA. Using an 2026 M5 MacBook Air, plugged the drive in and MacOS promoted to allow the drive, once authorised, it connected without issue. Despite a number of reviews I read stating that the USBC ports on the latest silicon Macs were not able to power external drives, in this case, that was incorrectUsing XLD software I was ripping Flac files to a local NAS in under a minute. I can also highly recommend XLD for MacOS...it's straightforward to configure and is simple in operation. Suggest that if you are a first time user that you do some research on file structure config and rip settings etc. Great bit of open source software.I spent an inordinate amount of time ahead of purchase looking for a decent 'pro' level drive as I am wanting to digitise a substantial CD collection for the best quality archive and playback. Various AI LLM's kept pointing me back to this LG as the best balance between value and quality. I would have honestly paid more for a highly regarded device like those from Pioneer; these types of high quality drives were discontinued a long time ago - I would love to justify spending £1000+ on a used drive imported from Japan! Time will tell if the LG holds up to extensive use.The drive appears to be well built and has an acceptable (to me) level of noise in operation, it's pretty quiet considering what it does.I have given it five stars based on first impressions (my expectations were pretty low) of acceptable build quality and it's function.

The drive works fine and is fairly quiet. The cable is Mini USB to USB A which is an old standard and might affect how you manage cables. It is best kept flat on a desk to support the tray as the disk clips are quite tight and the tray feels quite flimsy

Use this to rip all my old CDs, works great and the read speed was good for my needs. Been using it for a while now and not had any issues. Not all that quiet, but doesn't need to be in my opinion. Easy plug and play on Windows 11.

EXCELLENT LITTLE DRIVE

Good price, good quality and does exactly what you expect it to do easily and quickly.

I bought this when the built in blu ray on my laptop wore out from all my ripping. I needed a spare drive to carry on and this seemed perfect. Reputable companies, low price and good reviews.Product arrived - rather dubious packaging and no mention of the brands behind it. Easy install, just plug and play. All my CDs ripped just fine except for maybe the last one or two tracks that would skip. At first I put that down to them being over 35 years' old. But it was happening to new ones too with no visible blemishes on the surface.I bought a backup from another brand which copes much better. A 4K blu ray writer. I figured if anything will cope with an audio CD it'll be a Pioneer.Pros: value, portability, uses USB 2Cons: prone to skippingVerdict: 3 stars might seem harsh but the intended purpose of this device is not always being met. You may want to look elsewhere.

Item arrived quickly but it was sent in the original box with no protection. I was immediately annoyed because it just happens this is for me but imagine if I wanted to give this as a present to someone. Box is completely battered from the postage and travel.It comes with a cyberlink suite disc but I've not used it as I have my own DVD CD burner software. The device worked straight from the box and is very light weight with a decent connector cable. It's looks slimmer than other devices I had before.I connected to my HP envy laptop with windows 11 and it worked immediately. At the time of writing this review I managed to write 8 music CDs of my own production and it's taken less than 20 minutes.The instructions are useless but with a bit of intuition we can get around any issues.The device doesn't say anywhere that it's a DVD CD writer so I'm going to have to stick a label.The box states it can connect to a TV and be used as a DVD player but that is not true. My TV wouldn't even recognise it.So far it's working ok and it's not damaged any CD like the other burner I was using before.It not very noisy but it's makes a noticeable fan noise which is typical to CD burners.I'll update when I use the cyberlink media suite that comes with it and when I try to burn DVDs too.

Doddle to set up and use.

Werkt perfect op mijn macbook air, aansluiten, dvd erin en kijken, topprodukt!

Mooie externe cd brander. Werkt goed

Ich nutze den LG GP60NB60 seit einiger Zeit für Backups und bin sehr zufrieden. Er ist kompakt, leise und läuft stabil über USB. DVD-R (MCC AZO) brennt er zuverlässig mit niedrigen Fehlerraten.Wichtiger Tipp für DVD+RW (Verbatim MCC/MKM): Diese Rohlinge schreiben nicht gut „out of the box“. Vor der ersten Nutzung müssen sie 10-mal mit ImgBurn vollständig formatiert werden (Full Erase, nicht Quick Erase). Danach stabilisiert sich die Phasenschicht, und der Brenner schreibt sie sauber mit niedrigen PIE/PIF-Werten. Ohne diese Vorbehandlung sind die Fehlerraten hoch.Fazit: Solider Brenner. Mit der richtigen Vorbehandlung der DVD+RW-Rohlinge liefert er sehr gute Ergebnisse.I've been using the LG GP60NB60 for backups for a while now, and I'm very satisfied. It's compact, quiet, and runs stably over USB. DVD-R (MCC AZO) burns reliably with low error rates.Important tip for DVD+RW (Verbatim MCC/MKM): These discs do not write well "out of the box". Before first use, they must be fully formatted 10 times with ImgBurn (Full Erase, not Quick Erase). After that, the phase-change layer stabilizes, and the burner writes them cleanly with low PIE/PIF values. Without this pre-treatment, error rates are high.Verdict: Solid burner. With proper pre-treatment of DVD+RW discs, it delivers very good results.

Muy contento con esta unidad externa. Es bastante fina y ligera, por lo que se puede guardar fácilmente cuando no se está utilizando y llevarla de un sitio a otro sin ocupar apenas espacio. La conexión es sencilla y resulta muy cómoda para leer o grabar CD y DVD cuando el ordenador no tiene lector integrado. Además, el diseño es discreto y queda bien junto al portátil. Una opción muy práctica para tener un lector externo sin complicarse.

Does what it should, a bit fiddly to open and insert/extract DVD but it is compact so not surprising.