List Price : $69.99 Price : $35.35
Product Description
The MediaStation 8x Portable DVD Drive DVSM-PC58U2VB is an affordable, portable DVD writer with a sophisticated LED power indicator. This external DVD writer is the ideal companion for a laptop or Netbook and is a high quality alternative to laptop manufacturers pricey options. The MediaStation 8X Portable DVD Drive includes two integrated USB cables that snap to the chassis for easy mobility. Powered by your laptop USB ports, no AC adapter is necessary. If the power from a single USB port is insufficient, the red LED will glow, indicating additional power is required. In this instance, the convenient USB Y-cable allows you to connect to second USB port to power the unit. The MediaStation 8x Portable DVD Drive also includes the CyberLink DVD software suite for Windows letting you create CDs and DVDs with music, pictures or videos with ease and compatable with DVD-R; DVD-RW; DVD+R; DVD+RW; DVD-RAM; CD-R and CD-RW formats. This portable DVD writer is also covered by Buffalo's 2-year warranty.
- USB Bus Powered
- Ultra-Slim and Compact
- Integrated USB Y-cable
- Sophisticated LED power indicator
- Includes Cyberlink DVD writing software
- High gloss finish
- Includes Kensington lock slot
- Quick Setup Guide
Buffalo Technology MediaStation 8x Portable DVD Writer with LED Power Indicator DVSM-PC58U2VB (Black) Reviews
Buffalo Technology MediaStation 8x Portable DVD Writer with LED Power Indicator DVSM-PC58U2VB (Black) Reviews
| 10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:  Just what your netbook needs, By This review is from: Buffalo Technology MediaStation 8x Portable DVD Writer with LED Power Indicator DVSM-PC58U2VB (Black) (Personal Computers) It's been 6 years since I bought a laptop with an optical drive, so a good external disc drive is pretty important. I had been using a feature rich LG Lightscribe for the last 4 years, but it finally gave up the ghost and left me without a reliable method to read or write CD's. For my next drive I wanted something smaller, as there was nothing portable about the old LG. Enter the Buffalo MediaStation. I haven't had it very long, but I can report one 3 important facts. 1. You can run it off one USB port. The drive has two USB cables wrapped around the side and on the undercarriage. Whether or not you can run this off a single port depends entirely on your computer. The drive does make this easy for you by lighting up red or blue depending on your power needs. If it's blue you're golden; red and you're going to need that second USB port. 2. The drive is pretty fast for a bus-powered external. On a 1.3ghz Intel Dual Core 2 laptop with 4gb of RAM,... Read more 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful: Easy, By wesley payne (Antioch, TN United States) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Buffalo Technology MediaStation 8x Portable DVD Writer with LED Power Indicator DVSM-PC58U2VB (Black) (Personal Computers) External drive works like a charm. Just unpack from box and plug in. Minimal noise and install. It works immediately. Would definitely recommend to netbook users like myself. No trouble to install office and ancestry.com softare. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful: Best Optical Drive for MACBOOK AiR 11"/ i5/4GB/128GB, By hadi (BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, US) - See all my reviews This review is from: Buffalo Technology MediaStation 8x Portable DVD Writer with LED Power Indicator DVSM-PC58U2VB (Black) (Personal Computers) Purchased from Fry's electronics for $40+Tax to be used on my New MACBOOK Air 11" i5/4GB/128GB the drive has been recognized by the MAC running OS X 10.7.1 (Lion) without any problem. Its been detected & configured automatically with VM-Ware Fusion Version 4 as well to be used by Windows 7 pro. Pros: -short USB cables to be connected to both sides of the MACBOOK AiR 11" & you don't need to purchase any USB extension cable for it but for my connivance I attached a RETRAK retractable USB 2.0 Cable (a $13 multi adapter cable) so I can put the Drive next to my MAC instead of under it! -light weighted -Compact -Usb cable is detachable (T shape not Y) -Easy to carry (both USB cable heads snap to the chassis of the drive for easy mobility) Cons: -I don't like the shape and color of the LED indicator for power supply stability on top ! -you need to plug both USB cables always Addition: -there is a... Read more |
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