Good external optical drive for Macbook Pro

[i2pm]

I was wondering can anyone suggest good dvd/cd external drive apart from the Apple one? What I hate about the apple one is 1. usb cable is short, 2. no eject button and 3. I heard it has issues reading discs or burning them.

Anyone know good optical drives made by other companies that has good burning skills and perhaps play/burn blu ray discs?

 

[maflynn]

I don't think there are any good or bad ones, your choices are fairly limited now a days given the limited appeal for optical drives. I'd say you cannot go wrong from anything from LG or Samsung. Just check out NewEgg or Amazon and see their reviews.

 

[elvisidal]

Never had a problem reading or burning discs with the apple one
use software eject button
like short cables

 

[gmintz09]

I have this one from Samsung. Works well for me. Cord that comes with it isn't super long, but you can probably purchase a longer one if you really need it. I haven't had any issues with it myself - it reads and burns just fine and there is an eject button.

 

[ApolloBoy]

I picked up one of these recently, it can burn and read Blu-Ray discs, has a physical eject button, and it uses a regular micro USB cable so you're not hampered by a short built-in cable: http://bit.ly/1zkWgOH

 

[campyguy]

I've recently purchased the same drive cited by ApolloBoy, except in black and purchased from Amazon. The cable that came with it is a Y cable and it's about a foot long.

Three bits I really like about the drive - the "Mac" logo on the front and the USB 3 interface, which kicks my Superdrive's can back into its box. Plugged it in to my Mini Server - it just worked. And, no slot feed - the pop-up cover is really nice.

I made lossless copies of my CD collection - a few CDs in, and I put my Superdrive back in its box and into storage.

 

[tibas92013]

Bought my first Apple Superdrive here in the Country of Costa Rica in 9/2013. This is one great device as I have "burned" over four hundred(400) copies of my original DVD Movie Collection which was quick and easy.

Since I purchased another Refurbished Mac Mini(Late 2014) along with Applecare from the Apple On-Line Store last June this Applecare Plan also covers this 2 1/2 year old Apple Superdrive until June, 2018.

I am such a fan of this device that I also purchased another Apple Superdrive when I purchased the above Mac Mini(Late 2014).