Pioneer External Blu-ray Drive BDR-XD08B USB 3.2 Gen1 (USB Type-C) / 2.0 Slim Portable BD/DVD/CD Writer Black

My newest PC was unable to have a blu-ray drive installed with it, and I often watch movies and TV shows from my collection when I'm not working in my home office, so I wanted an external drive. This one was exactly what I needed. Couldn't be simpler to use; just plug into an open USB port, the PC detects it, and you're ready to watch regular DVD or blu-ray movies/shows (**NO 4K, though...just be aware of that.**)I haven't tried running any of my legacy PC games that are still on physical media, but I'm willing to bet those will work fine, as well.It's quick to recognize whatever disk is inserted, I can watch movies and shows without any lag or playback issues. It's lightweight and very portable, so it's great if you're mobile and working with a laptop. You just can't go wrong with this exterior drive.

Works great for backing up my Blu-Ray disks. Reasonable price once you keep in mind that a $40 drive might work once or twice, but not again. I appreciate the detachable USB cable and the inclusion of a USB-A to -C adapter.

As all pioneer Blu-ray players I've purchased, it is well crafted, reliable and functions as advertised as far as I can test it. (side note) many software companies claim to be able to perform the 4k and HDR disc play back, I have tried many and no software allows 4k play back with any 4k and HDR players. This is not a pioneer issue but should be mentioned since every company seems to claim it is capable of those play back options but not a single one of them have proven they are able.)

Needed a Windows 11 Blu Ray Player, and this worked.You will need to get a Blu Ray program to watch a Blu Ray.I recommend PowerDVD 23 for Windows users.

I have a small library of Blu-Ray DVDs. My new system was a mini-PC without a USB Blu-Ray drive. The drive was able to play my DVD and Blu-Ray discs. There were some glitches/stuttering during play-back which I believe is attributed to the new system. The play-back software is dated, but worked on my Win11 box. Overall, installation was straight forward and I was watching videos without any installation issues.

Plugs right in using USB-C. Unfussy and reads reasonably well from lightly to moderately damaged discs. Speeds are good but not blindingly fast. Not the quietest at high speeds but at or below 2x you can barely hear it. Holds up to long periods of sustained use.

If I could rate it any lower I would. Simply put, it doesn't work. I went through an hour of installing all the software from an extremely shady Japanese website just for this to freeze up and crash every time I get 12 seconds into a bluray. I cannot recommend this product for anyone.

I bought this because my former Pioneer drive started to fail and no longer read discs consistently. I was wondering if it was the discs. But, after purchasing this replacement and testing it on the discs that my other drive didn't read, I realized, it was the reader. This one read all the discs with no problem. I use it to rip Blu rays to my media server. As well as music CDs too. Easy to use and I like that it only takes up ONE USB port. The previous one took up two.