Verbatim Blu-Ray DVD-Drive 43888 - External - Black

Verbatim have long enjoyed a fine reputation and whereas far-east copies might seem cheaper, the quality build of this German manufacturer is worth paying for. Put simply, it does its job and it does it well.It comes with various connectors, a wealth of instructions and both a DVD of the manual and a blank BD. Verbatim continues to exceed the bar and has again produced a superb piece of kit. Silent when running it's indispensable for copying BDs for your library, keeping the originals in pristine condition should you ever need to make more copies.

This is a great wee drive. It is very slim, and so feels a little bit flimsy, but it works really well and, for me, it seems to be pretty fast. I got this to use with makemkv and it works perfectly with it. I can certainly recommend it.

I've had a few external DVD drives over the years including a full size external LG drive and up until recently it's been doing me fine, but it stopped agreeing with my Macbook recently and was taking up space and a plug socket. This drive fit the bill - USB-C (so it would run fine off one cable), blu-ray capable, slimline, and LibreDrive compatible for MakeMKV. And it works great! I spent a few days backing up all of my discs that I've got on my shelf and it chewed through them all no problem. Even read some scratched up ones just fine.Only thing is that due to ridiculous DRM requirements it's highly unlikely that I'll be able to play UHD 4K Blu-Rays using this drive, but it's not the drive's fault. Intel only included the extensions to play them in 6th to 10th generation processors, and the only systems I have are before or after that point (4th and 12th). My other systems are all AMD so I'm squit out of luck there. MakeMKV should make short work of that though, with any luck.

Unit is nice and slim however it is slower than a desktop drive and can be a little noisy when initialising a disk. However this is to be expected and is common with slim drives. Overall I am very happy.Unit works great out of the box for MKV. For 4k playback you need to make sure your setup is fully compatible.Would highly recommend at around the £90 mark, especially as it has official 4k disk playback support.Unit comes with player, usb c cable and adapter, 25gb blank disk and software package. Once again a bargain for the price

Fantastic, works like a charm on Windows 11 through USB 3.It can read non UHD and UHD blu-rays with no issues.

I was looking forward to using this product as the majority of reviews were good.2 things though:1. It does not work straight out of the box and you will need to spend time and effort locating a decent "free" software to be able to watch Blu-Ray movies using this product. No way am I spending even more for another product to make this one work2. After all of that I tried watching a Blu-Ray movie. It started to play fine and then the movie froze and then the drive started making an awful noise. Closed everything down and ejected my disc to check it. My disc was partially SNAPPED in the centre!!!There was nothing wrong with the disc before I started, as I always eyeball the disc to make sure it is clean and free of scratches before putting it into any type of player—it was pristine! This player ended up costing me one of my favourite family movies, and my autistic son is melting down over it being broken, so now I need to order a new one for both of us.In conclusion, if you want to pay £90 for this product to snap your discs then this is the product for you, otherwise, avoid it like the plague. The fallout I am now experiencing is not worth it and this is being returned for a full refund.

I got recommended this model a lot, and I have to say it was a solid and hassle-free choice. Just plug it in and it plays blu rays no problem. Haven’t tried it on dvds yet though. Slim and comes with the cable to link it to my laptop.

Decent slim design, works perfectly, smooth operation . Highly recommend.