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USB 3.0 External DVD Drive

  • 17-08-2012 4:05am
    #1
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,729 ✭✭✭✭


    Anybody seen these yet? Very tired of only seeing 2.0 drives that want to only work with 2x USB ports. I'd rather not spend $40 on a drive that does so when I can taste 3.0 drives around the corner that will only need a single port. Plus my laptop only has 2 USB ports, and my Tablet only has 1.


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  • #2
    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    Overheal wrote: »
    Anybody seen these yet? Very tired of only seeing 2.0 drives that want to only work with 2x USB ports. I'd rather not spend $40 on a drive that does so when I can taste 3.0 drives around the corner that will only need a single port. Plus my laptop only has 2 USB ports, and my Tablet only has 1.

    If you rather want to spend $70, here is one. ;)

    Whether they make sense is another matter, the DVD read/write transfer speed is well within the USB 2.0 specifications. And I have not seen an external DVD writer that didn't work on a single port although most of them do have a 2nd USB plug for backup power supply.


  • #3
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,170 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    I think Overheal is looking for one that uses USB3 so it can run 1.5A and not need a second cable as a charger.


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    There's external DVD drives that will run fine from a single USB 2.0 port. Newer optical drives use a lot less power than they did a few years ago.

    And transfer speeds are bottlenecked by how fast you can spin a disc before it explodes so USB 2.0 is plenty fast.


  • #5
    stevenmu
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,689 Mod ✭✭✭✭stevenmu


    Even the ones with a twin cable usually work fine from a single port. They come with the twin cable because power from a USB port on an old laptop that isn't plugged in may drop, but a modern laptop or one plugged in should be ok.


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