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I was very hopeful that this Dell DVD player would be as outstanding as my Dell Inspiron 15 7000 laptap is, especially since the first external DVD player I purchased (Ultra Slim USB 3.0) proved to be defective and had to be returned. Sadly, the Dell DW316 External USB Slim DVD had the same problem -- a scratching noise every 1.2 seconds both when playing CD's and DVD's and on the copies of CD's that I burned. I wonder if they are manufactured by the same Chinese company? I have returned this item and will look for another external DVD unit .