Digital Plextor PlexWriter PX-891SAF-R 24X SATA DVD +/- RW Dual Layer Burner Drive (Retail Pack)

Works well with NEXSTAR DL making a Ubuntu friendly external optical drive. ISOs burn perfectly using K3B

This PLEXTOR DRIVE lives up to the PLEXTOR name that I am familiar with from buying a lot of their AMAZING, LONG LASTING and very reliable products back in England UK. I recommend anything and everything by this brand, they are one of the few "long term" brands that never went downhill.This DVDRW drive is burning my DVD (standard, not duel layer, have not tried duel layer yet) without any issues .. i am using SONY DVDs and they were failing on my external pioneer bd-xl to record properly .... however pioneer tend to work great when directly inside a machine .. I found most optical drives are useless when relying on any USB connection.So plextor DVD drive is fast, quiet, works great, reads everything I put in to it and records to anything I have tried including VERBATIM DVD+R which is usually the only brand of disk I would purchase, but I ran out of them during my 5 years backup of LIFE WORK ( music, video I make - soon to release an album mid 2023 ) and tons of other things I backup that i invent and create ...... I had some SONY DVD-r left over so I finished using them.windows 10 gives me the options to BURN UP TO 16x SPEED but I always use 4x... I find then that the disks can be read on older machines without issues .... and on all of my devices... not just laptops and desktop computers.

Worked great. Had no issues. Worked fine

Was packaged very well, arrived in perfect shape. The drive uses the standard SATA connections, just as easy to install as any other 5.25" device. Came with some software (ImgBurn, CDBurnerXP, & PlexTools) & 5 DVD-Rs, haven't needed to use either yet but they seem fine. I'm not expecting the DVD-Rs to be of the highest quality, but they're a nice bonus and should do the job well enough. If you're planning to put this in your personal computer, definitely spring for the retail version; it's worth the extra few bucks.

exactly as described. good value. just worked.

First time Plextor buyer. I looked at brands like LG and Asus, but I settled on Plextor and it is a great drive. First thing I noticed is it's very quiet. I just built my first computer, and I needed a CD Drive. Since I do a lot of dvd burning. The software I use to burn, needs to cycle the tray after burning to verify the burn. This drive does exactly that. I have no problems with Windows 10 recognizing the drive, or any issues with reading or writing discs. I did see reviews that said NOT to use the disk for the software that ships with this drive, so I didn't. I use BurnAware Free anyway its a better alternative. I highly recommend this drive for PC builders that still need an optical drive.

I’ve used this brand for 20 years and never had a problem. They work well, never let me down and have a long longevity. I just bought two more for my 2024 desktop build and they are working great. I use to buy the Asus DVD drives but they are turning into crap now-a-days so spent a little more but got so much more in return. Highly recommend.

It was around three minutes between the time I opened the computer case to the start of burning the first disc. The driver was installed automatically. So far, no problems reading or writing CDs and DVDs. I hope it lasts as long as my previous burner (a different brand), which lasted about eleven years. At the time of this writing, I've had the drive five weeks and I've burned about ten discs.