Hi everyone,

Today, we will be seeing the Verbatim 98938 External USB DVD Drive. This is an optical unit capable of reading and writing to various CD and DVD formats.

The formats this unit is capable of reading includes CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD+/-R, DVD+/- R DL and DVD+/-RW. It can also write to CD-R, CD-RW, DVD+/-R, DVD+/-R DL and DVD+/-RW.

The drive is powered by USB and uses a Mini USB connector.

Unboxing

The drive comes in a small, almost square box. It is shrink-wrapped:

Out of the shrink-wrap, here is the box:

When opened, we see the DVD drive:

Below, we see the instructions:

After it, we have a software DVD:

We then have the USB cable:

The DVD drive is inside a bag:

Taken out of the bag, here we have the top of the drive:

Here’s the front of the drive:

And here is the back of the drive, where we see it uses a Mini USB connector:

This is the USB cable that comes with it:

And here is the entire content of the box:

Here is the drive with its tray opened:

And here is a closer look at the drive tray:

And a closer look at the optical mechanism:

The optical overall drive tray design, including the optical lens, is the same as other slim Lite-On models. It seems Lite-On is the supplier for this Verbatim drive.

Drive Capabilities

Below, we can see the drive capabilities for this drive:

On another post, we will see how this drive behaves on some CD-RW and DVD+/-RW discs I have.

You can buy this drive on Amazon on the following links:

• Verbatim 98938 External USB DVD Drive on Amazon

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