- Watch DVD movies on your Mac Play DVDs using your built-in DVD drive or an external DVD drive, such as a SuperDrive. How to watch a DVD movie To explore the DVD Player User Guide, click Table of Contents at the top of the page, or enter a word or phrase in the search field.
- External CD DVD Drive, USB 3.0 Type C Ultra-Slim Superdrive Optical Burner Writer Player CD DVD +/- RW, Compatible with Windows 10 8 7 XP Vista Mac OS System for Mac Pro Air iMac.
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- VLC media player for Chrome OS is a free multimedia player that can play most audio, video files and DVD ISOs. It is suitable for all kinds of users with no ads and no in-app-purchases. VLC Media player for Chrome OS can play most local video and audio files, iSO.
Burn CDs and DVDs on Mac If your Mac has a built-in optical drive, or if you connect an external DVD drive (for example, an Apple USB SuperDrive), you can burn files to CDs and DVDs to share your files with friends, move files between computers, or create backup files.
Although Microsoft Surface series laptops run Windows 10 systems, many users encounter that Windows 10 compatible external optical drives cannot run on Microsoft Surface Pro 2/4/5/6/7 laptop, as well as many other ultrathin laptops such as Lenovo Yoga, 11″ MacBook Pro, etc., the reason is the power shortage problem.
These laptops cannot supply sufficient power for similar big external devices such as external hard drives or optical drives. The phenomenon is that the indicator of the CD DVD drive will flash for a few seconds and then disappear. Although occasionally your computer can recognize the external optical drive, it still cannot play the disc.
Although this is not absolute, in order to save your time and avoid the trouble of returning, we tested and listed the following options for your reference, these external CD/DVD drives can run perfectly on these ultrathin laptops. Besides, the USB ports on the front panel of traditional desktop computers may not supply sufficient power for big external devices, but most external optical drives are equipped with a short cable, so these recommended external optical drives can effectively solve this problem.
(Updated on Mar 06, 2021)
1. Dell USB CD DVD Drive-DW316
Specs & Features:
- Connector: USB 3.0
- Optical Drive Type: Reader, Writer, ReWriter, Burner
- Supported discs: DVD +/-R, DVD+/-RW, DVD+R(DL), DVD-R(SL), DVD-RAM, DVD-R(DL), CD-R, CD-RW
- Compatible with Windows 10/8.1/7/xp, Linux and all versions of Mac OS
- 24x (CD)/ 8x (DVD) read speed
- 24x (CD)/ 8x (DVDR)/ 6x (DVDR DL) write speed
- Plug and play, no additional installation required
2. ROOFULL USB 3.0 & USB-C External CD/DVD RW Drive with Power Supply Cable
Specs & Features:
- Connector: USB 3.0 and USB-C
- Optical Drive Type: Reader, Writer, ReWriter, Burner
- Supported discs: DVD +/-R, DVD+/-RW, DVD+R(DL), DVD-R(SL), DVD-RAM, DVD-R(DL), CD-R, CD-RW
- Compatible with Windows 10/8.1/7/xp, Linux, and all versions of Mac OS
- 24x (CD)/ 8x (DVD) read speed
- 24x (CD)/ 8x (DVDR)/ 6x (DVDR DL) write speed
- Plug and play, no additional installation required
3. LG Electronics USB Super Multi Ultra Slim Portable DVD Writer Drive – GP65NS60
Specs & Features:
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- Connector: USB 2.0
- Optical Drive Type: Reader, Writer, ReWriter, Burner
- Supported discs: DVD +/-R, DVD+/-RW, DVD+R(DL), DVD-R(SL), DVD-RAM, DVD-R(DL), CD-R, CD-RW
- Max 8x DVD R Write Speed
- Max 24x CD Write Speed
- Come with Cyberlink Software
- Support M Disc
- No additional installation required
4. ASUS ZenDrive Silver 13mm External 8X DVD/ Burner Drive +/-RW with M-Disc Support
Specs & Features
- Connector: USB 2.0 & USB-C
- Optical Drive Type: Reader, Writer, ReWriter, Burner
- Compatible with Windows 10/8.1/7/xp, Linux, and all versions of Mac OS
- Supported discs: DVD +/-R, DVD+/-RW, DVD+R(DL), DVD-R(SL), DVD-RAM, DVD-R(DL), CD-R, CD-RW
- Max 24x CD Write Speed
- Max 8x DVD±R Write Speed
- Plug and play, no additional installation required
- Come with the extra power supply cable: Please plug this power supply cable into a USB phone power adapter to get enough power.
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FAQs:
Q: Can I use these external CD/DVD drive on another computer?
A: These external CD/DVD drives are compatible with all Windows and Mac computers.
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Q: Why can't my Windows computer recognize the external optical drive?
A: This is one common problem, it can be fixed, you can refer to this article to fix it: https://www.easeus.com/backup-utility/cd-dvd-missing-or-not-showing-up-in-windows-10.html
Q: Can you recommend some popular media player software to play CDs and DVDs on my Surface Pro?
A: You can try free media player software such as VLC player, 5KPlayer, GOM Player for Windows, just search and download them on Google (Do not download them from APP store).
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