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The LG GP63EX70 External USB DVD Drive

The LG GP63EX70 External USB DVD Drive

Hi everyone, In this post, we will be seeing the LG GP63EX70. This is an external USB DVD drive sold at Walmart in the United States. This drive is capable of reading CD and DVD, including CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD+/-R, DVD+/- R DL, DVD+/-RW and DVD-RAM. It can also write to CD-R, CD-RW, DVD+/-R, DVD+/-R DL, DVD+/-RW and DVD-RAM. The drive is powered by USB and uses a Mini USB connector. Unboxing The drive comes in a small, almost…

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The LG GP60NB50 External USB DVD Drive

The LG GP60NB50 External USB DVD Drive

Hi everyone, In this post, we will be seeing the LG GP60NB50. This is an external USB DVD drive. This drive is capable of reading CD and DVD, including CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD+/-R, DVD+/- R DL, DVD+/-RW and DVD-RAM. It can also write to CD-R, CD-RW, DVD+/-R, DVD+/-R DL, DVD+/-RW and DVD-RAM. The drive is powered by USB and uses a Mini USB connector. Unboxing The drive comes in a small, almost square box: When opened, we see the…

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The LG SP80NB80 External USB DVD Drive

The LG SP80NB80 External USB DVD Drive

Hi everyone, In this post, we will be seeing the LG SP80NB80. This is an external USB DVD drive sold on stores like Best Buy and Target in the United States. This drive is capable of reading CD and DVD, including CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD+/-R, DVD+/- R DL, DVD+/-RW and DVD-RAM. It can also write to CD-R, CD-RW, DVD+/-R, DVD+/-R DL, DVD+/-RW and DVD-RAM. The drive is powered by USB and uses a Micro USB connector. Unboxing The drive…

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The ICY DOCK Ultra Slim ODD + 3.5″ to 5.25″ Front Bay Bracket Adapter (MB343SPO)

The ICY DOCK Ultra Slim ODD + 3.5″ to 5.25″ Front Bay Bracket Adapter (MB343SPO)

Hi everyone, Today, we will see the ICY DOCK Ultra Slim ODD + 3.5″ to 5.25″ Front Bay Bracket Adapter. This is a bracket that allow us to add an Ultra Slim 9.5mm Optical Drive and a 3.5-inch Hard Disk Drive or Solid State to the 5.25-inch front slot some computer cases has for a 5.25-inch optical drive. If you have a 9.5mm optical drive instead of a full-height 5.25 drive, or need to add an additional 3.5-inch hard disk…

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The LG GS20N Slot-Loading 9.5mm Optical Drive

The LG GS20N Slot-Loading 9.5mm Optical Drive

Hi everyone, Today, we will be seeing the LG GS20N Optical Drive. This is an internal SATA 9.5mm Slot Loading drive. This drive is compatible with 12cm CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD+/-R DVD+/-R DL, DVD+/-RW and DVD-RAM. It can burn CD-R, CD-RW, DVD+/-R, DVD+/-R DL DVD+/-RW and DVD-RAM. This is my first slot-loading internal DVD Drive. Here’s a look at the front and back of the drive: On the other side, we can see some drive internals: By taking out…

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The Apple USB SuperDrive Optical Drive A1379

The Apple USB SuperDrive Optical Drive A1379

Hi everyone, Today, we will take a look at the Apple USB SuperDrive. This is a CD and DVD drive sold by Apple. The current model is A1379. This DVD drive can read and write all standard CD and DVD formats. This includes CD-R, CD-RW, DVD+/-R, DVD+/-RW and DVD+/-R DL. This drive compatibility is limited to some models of the Mac. However, it is compatible with Linux after using a special command line. I’ll talk about this on another post….

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Side-by-Side Comparison of the Samsung 860 EVO and Samsung 870 EVO SSDs

Side-by-Side Comparison of the Samsung 860 EVO and Samsung 870 EVO SSDs

Hi everyone, This post will be a short one, as I wanted to show the Samsung 860 EVO and Samsung 870 EVO SSDs side by side. This post is not a technical one, rather than just showing the front and back of the products and see if something, if any, has changed in the product design. Product Front The front of both SSDs are exactly the same. Same color, same text and same symbol. Product Back Similarly, the back of…

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Unboxing the 500GB Samsung 870 EVO SSD

Unboxing the 500GB Samsung 870 EVO SSD

Hi everyone, Today, we will be seeing another SSD. This time, it is the 500GB Samsung 870 EVO SSD. This is a 2.5″ SATA Solid State Disk that can hold up to 500GB. It is marketed as having a write speed of up to 530MB/s and read speeds of up to 560MB/s. While new computers makes use of the newer NVMe slots to install a Solid State Disk, it is also common to install SATA SSDs on older hardware, or…

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The CERRXIAN Micro USB OTG to Mini USB Cable

The CERRXIAN Micro USB OTG to Mini USB Cable

Hi everyone, Today, we will be seeing the CERRXIAN Micro USB OTG to Mini USB Cable cable. This is an On-The-Go (OTG) cable that converts from Micro USB to Mini USB. Useful applications of it includes being able to use a USB Hub with a Mini USB connector with a Micro USB phone or tablet. Before USB-C became standard, older phones and tablets used a Micro USB port. These devices usually only had a single Micro USB port that besides…

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Early Christmas Gift – ASUS E210 laptop

Early Christmas Gift – ASUS E210 laptop

Remember the Netbook days? We can still find out some small laptops in the market, particularly laptops in the 11.6-inch range. This is the case of the ASUS E210 laptop. Small, lightweight, with a basic processor that allow us to do basic tasks on the go. This laptop is currently on Sale at Best Buy locations in the United States. Its sale price is just $100 dollars. You read that right, just $100. At that price, you get the following:…

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