best external DVD burner?

[SkaarjMaster]

Screwed up and got a new laptop with no DVD burner......which external ones should I consider hooking up? Not necessarily the fastest, but the most reliable. Thank you.

EDIT: for the new MSI laptop in my sig;)

[Ian]

Portable or full size external?

[SkaarjMaster]

family stuff getting weird (sorry for late response)............portable for laptop. Thank you.

[Ian]

I think the only companies still making truly portable Blu-ray drives are LG and Pioneer. Both are good in my book but it looks like LG is still stuck on USB 2.0 where Pioneer has adopted USB 3.0.

[SkaarjMaster]

Actually, doesn't have to be blu-ray, I was just thinking DVD burner. Although, as long as they're portable for laptop, then why not blu-ray (as long as it plays all DVDs also).

Maybe this one will work:
https://www.newegg.com/lg-model-bp60nb1 ... klink=true

[SkaarjMaster]

maybe this Pioneer would be better:
https://www.newegg.com/pioneer-model-bd ... 6827129096

[Ian]

The Pioneer is a newer design and I'd take USB 3.0 over USB 2.0 any day.

[SkaarjMaster]

Got the Pioneer and it can play movies in Win10 with the free Cyberlink software (couldn't get it to work with VLC player for some odd reason; did try the files suggested online). I'll try burning with it later. Thank you.