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ASUS SDRW-08D2S-U External Slim DVD+/-RW Drive

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General Specifications

Brand

ASUS

LD Electronics

Model

SDRW-08D2S-U

WP50NB40

Origin

China

About the Product

The portable and stylish ASUS SDRW-08D2S-U lets you create and read CDs or DVDs with speed, style, and simplicity. Encased inside a slim and elegant diamond-cut design with a shimmering finish, the SDRW-08D2S-U is a joy to carry and pair up with your Eee PC.

The Slim Portable Blu-ray/DVD Writer from LG is a lightweight, Windows compatible optical drive that features a maximum BD-R read and write speed of 6x, a maximum DVD±R read and write speed of 8x, and a maximum CD-R read and write speed of 24x. It also has playback support for 3D Blu-ray media as well as read and write support for M-DISC. Additionally, this drive supports a variety of other formats, including BD-RE, BD-XL, DVD±RW, DVD-RAM, CD-R, CD-RW, and more. This broad range of formats allows you to select the media best suited for your needs.

Key Specs

Buffer Memory

1 MB

4 MB

Max. DVD Reading Speed

8 x

Max. DVD Writing Speed

8 x

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What customers say about "Key Specs"

ASUS SDRW-08D2S-U External Slim DVD+/-RW Drive

Quicker than my internal drive (which works about 25% of the time these days), it's currently ripping CD's at 20x speed.
Burned an ISO image of, Windows 7 Professional 64-bit as a recovery disc for the laptop. It was silent and the same speed as my Desktop Internal optical drive.
Speed is about average, and no issues at all either reading or writing DVDs.
I have used it to burn a few CDs and DVDs, it burns at lower speed than an internal drive but I usually burn it on low speed anyway so it doesn't matter. Looks great.
On use, the unit drawer is slow to open and burn speed is typical of an 8x. Package did not come with any helpful instructions just mostly specs.

Size & Weight

Color

Black

Height

0.83 in.

0.6 in.

Width

6.18 in.

5.7 in.

Depth

5.59 in.

6.1 in.

Weight

9.92 oz.

0.6 oz.

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ASUS SDRW-08D2S-U

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Details

Load Type

Tray

Features

Disc Encryption double security with password-controlled and hidden-file functionality, Drag-and-Burn: friendly interface with only three simple steps to burn a disc, Diamond-cut design realize aesthetics of technology

TV Connectivitiy, Silent Play, Jamless Play, Super Multi Compatibility, Experience 3D Blu-ray, BDXL™ Support: Ultimate Capacity

OS Compatibility

Microsoft Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10, Mac OS X

Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1

Interfaces

USB 2.0

What customers say about "Details"

ASUS SDRW-08D2S-U External Slim DVD+/-RW Drive

Simplicity of installation - all i had to do was plug in one USB cable - no software, no nothing. Didn't even get a "found new hardware" dialogue. BEAUTIFUL!
Instant recognition by, BIOS and booted off my burned Windows 7 Recovery Disc for a clean-install of OS.
The rubber grips and glossy exterior is really well made
Worked right away. Plugged into a Dell Mini 10 running Windows XP, and it "just worked," no fiddling or driver installation necessary
Stand detaches, so you can use it in either vertical or horizontal orientation.
AS noted earlier the USB cable is too short.

Reading/writing

Max. CD Reading Speed

24 x

Max. CD Writing Speed

24 x

3.8 x

Supported Disc Formats

CD-R, CD-RW, CD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD+R DL, DVD-R DL, DVD-ROM, DVD-Video

CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD+R DL, DVD-R DL, M-DISC, BD-ROM, BD-ROM DL, BD-R, BD-RE, BD-R TL, BD-R QL, DVD-Video

Max. CD Reading Speed
Max. CD Writing Speed

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What customers say about "Reading/writing"

ASUS SDRW-08D2S-U External Slim DVD+/-RW Drive

Burning and reading worked fine so far, and it is not too loud neither.
It reads and writes DVD-RAM discs, reads CDs lets you watch DVDs, and takes up very little space.
Super easy to use and comes with a dual type USB cable. Follow the easy instructions and you can create/read CD's, and DVDs. This is good for music and movies on my laptop.
Burned an ISO image of, Windows 7 Professional 64-bit as a recovery disc for the laptop. It was silent and the same speed as my Desktop Internal optical drive.
I used it to load my CD's (about 250 of them) into my MAC. One of the CDs had some scratches. This drive was not able to read it but the drive in my MacBook Pro was able to read it just fine.
I was happy with this unit at first. But after a little use, it bellied up. It would stall and not finish reading my good CDs. The case is light-weight, and the unit simply is prone to break.

Warranty / Certifications

Manufacturer Warranty

1 year(s)

Certifications

CE, FCC

RoHS Compliant, UL, C-UL, TUV, SEMKO, CE, C-Tick, BSMI, VCCI, KC, CU, FCC, ICES-003

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