Transcend TS8XDVDS - Reviews
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20.1.2016
I bought this in the Amazon sales in December as I recently had a new PC built by a friend for me but unfortunately my old CD drive didn't fit in the new tower case! I didn't know you could get a plug and play DVD drive until I saw this one in the Lightning Deals at a reasonable price of £18 (about what I would have paid for a normal DVD drive).I've only used it once so far to install Photoshop, which I also bought in the sales, but it worked great! Simply plugged into a USB slot and it worked and read the disk. This now means it's portable so I can use it on another PC/laptop or anywhere else it's supported if need be. It's very slim and light.I didn't install the included software but might in the future to write to a disk (e.g.
10.9.2014
This Transcend CD drive is 'plug and play', so any drivers needed are installed automatically. The CD drive shows in the Computer window as another DVD RW drive icon, and behaves in exactly the same way as an internal CD drive. It is supplied with a USB 'Y' lead. The length of the flexible sections are 380mm for the main lead and 150mm for the supplementary lead. I used the drive with an Acer Aspire 5733 Windows 7 laptop, and with Verbatim 43147 CD-RW's. I only needed to have the USB main lead connected in order to be able to write, read and erase files. I used ImgBurn to burn a 436 MB ISO file to CD-RW. I erased files using both Windows and ImgBurn. I formatted a CD-RW in Windows for use 'Like a USB flash drive'.
5.9.2016
I got a new PC and knew there would be no disk drive to load all software I needed to and wanted something cheap but would do the job.Pros:Cheap and does the jobSlim and easy to use (plug in and use no software needed)Cons:1) You need to plug into two USB ports for it to work2) Cables are not long enough as usual3) My PC was acting up and is in for repairs but trying to fix this, using this device was a problem, I am hoping it was the PC, (I had to do some installs a few times) otherwise this equipment is acting up after a little over a year of being used.4) You have to take a little care of taking disks out.Bought this in June 2015 for £21.59 and was £13.95 in September 2016
23.9.2014
So far so good. I bought two of these to be used with Macbook Air. Now it needs two USB ports one for the data flow and the other for its power supply. While the MBAir does have two USB ports but the lead provided is not long enough to reach the other side…so I used the power provided by a USB Charger (tested this with Easy ACC as well as Anker 25Ws) and it worked perfectly well. This option does limit the portability. To make it truly portable with a MBAir one might have to use a thunderbolt to USB adapter and possibly make it work that way. But at this price (£19) it is very good value for money.I may provide an update in a couple of months as to how my experience with this has been.
26.12.2013
Very slim, light external drive. Comes supplied with a split lead so that the drive may be plugged into 2 USB sockets simultaneously. My laptop is quite a beast and the bus is obviously capable of supplying sufficient current to the drive as I only used one of the USB sockets and the unit performed admirably. I've burned a number of Lightscribe discs and each has turned out fine. Average time to burn an image is 25-30 minutes. A very good unit at a good price coupled with free Cyberlink Media Suite 10 as a free download from the Transcend site-worth the price on its own!
8.1.2019
I download lots of music and movies. I burn some music to disc and I burn all my movies to disc, so this item is in daily use. It is compact and looks good. I bought this item to replace my old worn-out dvd writer .. so far I have burned around a dozen music discs and two dozen movies and every one has been perfect. I am very happy with it.
15.6.2020
So far I am really happy with this CD/ DVD drive. I have had to load some legacy software and import some photo CDs to a new computer and this has proved itself well.I have not used it to burn a disk and it is likely I won't but it is good to know that I still can if need be.
15.2.2015
Perfect! This plays my difficult camera DVD's without frame dropping. No issues whatsoever. Use it frequently for burning and reading. Used it on both XP and Windows 7. Excellent price and delivery.
4.6.2015
Unlike a cheaper one I got previously, this can play UK DVDs without any errors or skipping, very good picture and at least on a couple of Mac laptops did not need the second energy USB connected.
22.3.2015
Great external USB DVD-RW drive. In my setup, works fine with only 1 USB connector attached to a USB 3.0 hub. Works fine with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS -- was recognized as soon as connected.
29.9.2014
Very slim, light and portable.. as the name suggests. I needed something to carry around in my laptop bag ... this is ideal. Powered from the USB so no power supply needed.
2.10.2014
Impressed by the speed of the delivery. Excellent service, seller. Amazing product, perfectly does the job, just be gentle with it:) Highly recommend to everyone.
18.8.2014
Small, neat, self-powered from a single USB port, and burns all the different kinds of DVD I need to deal with. All at a sensible price. What's not to like?
11.11.2014
Looks good ,works fine, great price. It is very light and needed to tape it down to stop it sliding when closed disc tray but not a major problem.
2.9.2015
This is a must have in today's dvd-driveless laptops in the market. You may need to read/write one CD/DVD once in a while. Works well in my case.