why no optical drive-DVD RW
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The industry is moving toward smaller, thinner laptops. That makes it difficult to find room for an optical drive. In addition, the popularity of optical media has dropped substantially due to solid state options such as flash drives. Therefore, the cost of development and parts is not generally seen as economical.
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I dont build them or make the description they come from amazon please che k the manufacturer web site for details it may have them
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I have not tried it yet but I will be soon the drive should work just fine as a drive. The old CD-R/W DVD's Software that came with it may not .
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No. It has no optical drive, making one more reason I regret ever buying this monstrosity of poor design.
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box says DVD+/-RW drive, I have not tried to burn a CD as of yet but I do believe it does.
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If it's seeking a disk, switch to HDD (hard drive disk) rather than DVD and see what happens. If you want to use a re-recordable DVD it must be a DVD+RW, not a DVD-RW.
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Hi, Yes it comes with a DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM fixed optical drive.Thanks, PCrush
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There is no optical drive. For some reason in the Optical Drive field Amazon says "Brand New with Manufacturer's Warranty". I think they meant to show this for the condition of the product, it has nothing to do with an optical drive, because there is none.
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their website tigerdirect.com says "Optical Drive Blu-Ray Player", no mentioning of BD-RW or Blue Ray Burner. This is another BS from Asus actually, they should list each custom spec on their website. But they just put generic model information only. Same issue with Wireless ac, some has it some don't and can't be sure.
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if you mean DVD-RW drive - Yes if you mean Recovery Disc - No recovery is built in and you can burn your own discs
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It does not have an optical drive. I just bought a slim usb external blu ray drive. This one right here Samsung SE-506BB/TSBD 6X USB2.0 External Slim Blu-ray Writer Drive (Black)
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Sorry no. It's just a standard DVDRW drive that's in-built. At least my particular model's is in-built.
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It can only read Blu-Ray discs and burn DVDs: Blu-ray Reader/DVD-Writer BD-ROM/DVD-RAM/R/RW
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Even if your DVD player had a USB port, it does not work this way (USB port would most likely be for upgrading firmware or plugging in compatible media). The media-share device does not have the neccesary drivers to allow it to act as a "Host" device, even for USB DVD/RW drives.
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No, but you can get a good external DVD R/W on sale for $20, as I did. If you have other computers, gadgets, A/V devices, you might find that you only occasionally use the optical drive. And freeing up that volume in the notebook case is what leads to the sleek appearance and feel of this model.
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Yes. As it states it comes with "Optical drive: 16x DVD+RW" which lets you read CDs and DVDs and also lets you write on DVD+R and DVD+RW discs. It just looks like it has no DVD drive because it is behind a blank black faceplate. But the little black space to the right is the open/close button.
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Hello, The X230 do not have optical drive, only the ultrabase, like this model 43R8781.
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I have played DVDs, Blu-Ray DVDS, and 3D Blu-Ray Disk, I have not tried CD-R/RW Disk ( Manual says will play these CD's)