Review on Pioneer BDR-XD07S 6x Slim Portable External USB 3.0 BD/DVD/CD Burner by Chris Sweeton

I wanted to watch my Blu-ray collection on my 2016 MacBook Pro 15 and bought this Pioneer BDR-XD07S from B&H. Since I use a Mac, I bought this silver XD07S optical drive model instead of the XD07B model, which is the same drive with a black cover, bundled with Windows software only. As Blu-ray playback software, I bought Blu-ray Player Pro from Macgo website. The combination works very well straight away when playing BDs. The drive has a sheet metal base and looks solid and high quality. I prefer the XD model's simpler sink design over the XS model's higher-end slot-loading mechanism; In case of a problem, I can manually open the lid (by pulling the small lever under the base) and eject the disc. Another difference is that the XD model uses USB 3.0 while the XS uses USB-C instead. I'm using a USB-A to USB-C adapter to connect this XD drive to a MacBook Pro. Overall I am very happy with the performance of this optical drive. It reproduces the image and sound from Blu-ray movie discs with consistently high quality, making BD movie watching a very enjoyable experience.