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Black Slim External USB Blu-Ray Player, External USB DVD RW Laptop Burner Drive

2X BD-ROM reading
5X DVD-RAM Writing
8X DVD-R Writing
2X DVD-R DL Writing
4X DVD-RW Writing
BD-ROM Combo Drive inside.
Blu-ray read only + Super Multi functions, Attribute Value!

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