The player will play CD, CDR, CDRW, DVD, DVDR, DVDRW formats.ĬyberLink Media Suite 10 is also included, so you have the popular Cyberlink Power2Go app straight away for PCs. It comes with USB Type-A and USB Type-C cables, so you can easily connect it to a wide variety of devices. Hitachi-LG includes everything you need to get going in the box. Most computer cases don’t have any 5.25″ drive bays in them these days, so interest in USB optical drives seems to be increasing.

MTTF(Mean Time To Failure): 60,000 POH (Power On Hours).

HLDS GP96 Portable DVD for Multi OS Specifications Hitachi-LG says that iOS support is under development and should be ready in Q3 2021. It will not support iOS, so Apple iPhone users will need to sit this one out for a little bit. This portable DVD video player was just introduced in December 2020 and works on Windows, Linux, Fire OS, Mac, Android TV, and any Android powered smartphone or tablet. This drive is available for $31.99 over at Amazon with free shipping in your choice or white or black. Well, the good news is the Hitachi – LG Data Storage (HLDS) makes totally new external DVD optical drives! They offered to send over the Hitachi LG GP96Y to check out and we figured it couldn’t hurt. That means you can still buy new external drives that have used or refurbished parts inside without knowing it. They’ve reported the issue to Amazon directly, but were told that the suppliers are not violating their policies.

They too were upset and have noticed that a large number of Chinese external DVD makers are selling refurbished drives as new on Amazon.

recently contacted Legit Reviews after reading our review on the Rioddas External CD/DVD optical USB drive. The PR team over at Hitachi – LG Data Storage, Inc.

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