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The most important factor to consider when shopping for a DVD player is compatibility.

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High-end DVD drives include software that improves reliability reading disks that have fingerprints or minor scratches. Since internal DVD drives may not be very popular in modern computer design, there’s never been a better time to buy an external DVD drive. Many individuals have years of backups on DVD, not to mention pictures, media, and older program installers.

Just because they’re not a popular option in today’s computers doesn’t mean DVDs don’t have a place, as they are still one of the most popular formats for watching movies. Now, everything from shareware programs to operating systems can be downloaded, while many programs are web- or cloud-based.

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Before broadband internet became widespread, DVDs were the best way to install large programs, software packages, and operating systems. The rise of faster internet speeds and cloud computing has furthered this trend. As laptop designs have become slimmer and sleeker, eliminating DVD players and optical drives proved one of the easiest ways to drop weight and free up additional space. Once one of the most sought-after features in many computers, DVD players are all but an afterthought on many current models, especially among laptops. We’re happy with our purchase so far and can recommend it.Buying guide for best external DVD drives There are thinner, quieter and faster drives out there but you might find it difficult in this weight and size category. The USB HDD mode is useful and it looks great too. It would have been nice to see a simple cloth case in the package.Īt 34 Euros and 300gm I can’t fault this little USB2.0 external DVD multi recorder. The glossy black finish will get greasy very quickly. It’s certainly quieter than the full-size, mains-powered LG DVD writer that preceded this on the desk. The SE-208 can get a little noisy at high speeds but at 300gm, it’s difficult to see how anyone could really dampen the noise better than this. In real terms, not many people are going to notice the extra 3%-5% battery usage over local file playback. In a DVD playback test, after what looked like an initial 1W jump in battery usage it dropped down to average 300mw measured by Perfmon on an otherwise idle system in battery saving mode. Only files on a CD or DVD can be accessed. There’s no write capability in this mode and to be clear, DVD’s can not be played back in this mode. Here are some images of it being tested on a Samsung LCD TV. This includes some tablet PCs and TVs as long as the device can supply enough current to drive the SE-208. By pressing the eject button for more than a second (when the disk tray is already ejected) the device goes into a USB HDD mode exposing files on CDs and DVDs for access by devices with USB HDD support. The Samsung SE-208 has an ‘AV Connectivity’ mode.

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Playback on CD player failed but playback PC via the CD drive worked. Image created and image burned successfully. Conversion of files was done quickly (about 5 seconds per MP3 file.) Tested: Audio CD burn from MP3 files: Somewhat noisy at 24x write speed (possibly due to cheap, unbalanced discs!) but completed as expected in about 4 minutes. Windows 8 image file burned to DVD using pre-installed Toshiba Disc Creator. The Toshiba Z830 Ultrabook recognized the ‘ODD’ on pressing F12 to access the boot menu after power-on. not for classical music.)ĬD-R used to write a boot and recover disk via Windows Backup and Recovery.īoot device. A Y-cable is provided if a single USB port isn’t enough to power the device but in-use we found it to be extremely efficient.ĭVD playback is supported natively on Windows 7 (Not on Windows 8 without buying the codec pack though) and although the device wasn’t silent, it was quiet enough not to disturb a music DVD that was tested.ĬD playback was a little noiser but still OK for H-Fi system playback unless you’re listening to audio with a lot of quiet sections. On the Toshiba Z830 that means just one USB3.0 connector or one USB2.0 connector.

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The SE-208 weighs 300gm, doesn’t require any device drivers or software with Windows 7 and is powered via USB. The SE-208 is currently $30.75 at Amazon USA. For just 2 Euro more, looking way better than the cheap offering next to it and having a USB HDD mode, how could we ignore it? At just 34.95 Euro (inclusive of 19% sales tax) the Se-208 is working out well. While I was there I spotted the Samsung Slim Portable SE-208. The old LG unit I was using bit the dust during the test so after a quick online check I found a cheap one in-stock at our local electronics Shop.

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Part of the SSD upgrade how-to yesterday required buying a new CD/DVD writer.