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Here is the list of various but best external DVD writers for laptops that one can choose from:

Lite-On – iHAS324 : Although DVD writers are available at really cheap prices now as much as £15, the new Lite-On’s iHAS324 isn’t quite that cheap, but priced at just £20 it’s very much in the category of bargain basement. The iHAS324 is just an internal SATA disk drive and Lite-On provides a SATA cable in the package. A copy of NERO 8 is also included, providing a decent range for burning tools.

Pioneer – BDK – 203K is a new generation Blu-ray DVD Rewriter. This serves the purpose of playing Blu-ray movies, recording your own HD videos and store ample amount of data. It is designed in a way to perform these tasks at a rate higher than any other drivers of current generation.

LG – Super Multi Blue: LG arrived a little late at the party with its optical drive called Super Multi Blue which is combo. LG sided with none of the high definition war related to formats, and instead adopted the thought that almost resolved the silly squabble over competing DVD standards of writing prevalent at some time and then released drives like this, that can support both Blu-ray as well as HD DVD. This unit is actually a ROM drive instead of a writer and it can read anything pretty much and can also write to CDs and DVDs. It’s SATA-only, and installing it is also pretty simple.

Microsoft – Xbox 360 HD DVD Drive: Microsoft is offering an HD DVD drive along with its main game console as an optional add-on. It has a retail price of £129 and the core console costs £200 which together trumps Sony’s expected price tag by making an offer of cheapest entry point in case of high definition movies to UK enthusiasts. The unit is sleek looking and houses a Toshiba drive, hooking itself to main console via USB drive, holding a couple of USB ports itself and it comes with its separate and own power supply too.

LG Electronics – 4120B: LG is right at the cutting edge in the world of DVD writers with its GSA-4120B. The strength of this drive is that it can support any DVD format under the sun and for such an impressive drive, it’s surprising that LG is one of the cheapest dvd writer in the market today, giving away full software package of NERO 6, PowerProducer Gold, Cyberlink PowerDVD and InCD for your money.