Comparison optical Drives

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	Gembird DVD-USB-03	Asus ZenDrive U7M	Asus ZenDrive U8M	Maiwo K525	Asus DRW-24D5MT	Asus BW-16D1X-U
	from £14.99 up to £38.63 Compare prices 4	from £28.99 up to £54.62 Compare prices 15	from £27.99 up to £60.17 Compare prices 8	Expecting restock	from £11.47 up to £45.78 Compare prices 7	from £119.28 up to £144.99 Compare prices 6
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TOP sellers	Amazon.co.uk £26.00 Buy in shop Smartteck.co.uk £39.00 Buy in shop Tradeinn.com £15.00 Buy in shop	Amazon.co.uk £40.00 Buy in shop Store.ee.co.uk £39.00 Buy in shop Business.Currys.co.uk £40.00 Buy in shop	Smartteck.co.uk £46.00 Buy in shop Tradeinn.com £28.00 Buy in shop Quzo.net £44.00 Buy in shop	Find prices on Amazon.uk Find prices on eBay.uk	Smartteck.co.uk £28.00 Buy in shop Quzo.net £27.00 Buy in shop Idealo.co.uk £17.00 Buy in shop	Amazon.co.uk £119.00 Buy in shop Tradeinn.com £145.00 Buy in shop Quzo.net £120.00 Buy in shop
Type	external (slim)	external (slim)	external (slim)	external (slim)	internal (12.5 mm)	external
Writes	CD-R CD-RW DVD±R DVD±RW	CD-R CD-RW DVD±R DVD±RW DVD-RAM		CD-R CD-RW DVD±R DVD±RW DVD-RAM	CD-R CD-RW DVD±R DVD±RW DVD-RAM	BD-R (Blu-Ray)
Interface	USB C 3.2 gen1	USB 2.0	USB C 3.2 gen1	USB 3.2 gen1	SATA	USB 3.2 gen1
Features
DL (for DVD)
DL (for Blu-ray)
Vertical mount
Disc loading	pull out	pull out	pull out	pull out	pull out	pull out
Weight	360 g	228 g	235 g	284 g	650 g	1120 g
Write speed
CD-R	24 x	24 x	24 x	24 x	48 x	40 x
CD-RW		24 x	24 x	24 x	24 x	24 x
DVD±R	8 x	8 x	8 x	8 x	24 x	16 x
DVD±R DL		8 x	6 x	6 x	8 x	8 x
DVD±RW	4 x	8 x	8 x	4 x	8 x	8 x
DVD-RAM		5 x		5 x	5 x	5 x
BD-R						16 x
BD-R DL						12 x
BD-R TL/QL						8 x
BD-RE						2 x
Read speed
CD	24 x	24 x	24 x	24 x	48 x	40 x
DVD	8 x	8 x	8 x	8 x	16 x	16 x
Blu-Ray						12 x
Color
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