ASUS Powerful Blu-ray Drive with 16x Writing Speed and USB 3.0 for Both Mac/PC Optical Drive BW-16D1X-U
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Apr 4 – Apr 6
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Features
- Super-fast 16X Blu-ray writing speed with BDXL support that supports data storage up to 128 GB
- Cloud backup solution for Android devices. Supported operating system is windows 10, windows 8, windows 7, windows vista, windows xp and mac os x 10.6 or higher
- MacOS and Windows Compatiblity via USB 3.0 (USB 3.1 Gen1) connection. Temperature Operating : 5 C to 40 C
- Diamond-shaped design for luxury look and clean aesthetics
- Cyber Link Power2Go 8 disc-burning process with optional encryption functionality for extra private files protection
Description
ASUS BW-16D1X-U combines 16x BD-R writing speed and USB 3. 0 to deliver the fastest burning speed, and with BDXL support allows the maximum data storage of 128 GB in one disc. The turbo drive is Windows and Mac OS compatible, and comes with a cloud backup solution for Android devices. Support for M-DISC provides archival-quality storage to protect your precious data, photos, and videos for up to 1,000 years
Special Feature: M DISC support
Hardware Interface: USB
Brand: ASUS
Optical Storage Write Speed: 16x
Optical Storage Read Speed: 16x
Brand: ASUS
Series: BW-16D1X-U
Item model number: BW-16D1X-U
Hardware Platform: PC
Operating System: Windows
Item Weight: 2.6 pounds
Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 2.5 x 6.5 inches
Item Dimensions LxWxH: 9.5 x 2.5 x 6.5 inches
Hard Drive Interface: USB 3.0
Hard Drive Rotational Speed: 40 RPM
Batteries: 1 Product Specific batteries required.
Manufacturer: ASUS Computer International Direct
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: No
Date First Available: May 15, 2017
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Nice external unit. Works well, decent burning speed. I use it for burning offline data archiving of those things that you just cannot lose like family photos etc as part of a multiple backup strategy . Drives no matter if they are platters or SSD's do have a failure rate. No issues with open source OS and apps in accessing, burning, reading and so forth. Currently recommend. Will have to see how it works out long term.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2026 by JustaDude
Great performance to cost value imo. Was easy to setup and get working.
Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2026 by Kunte Kinte
The drive itself is great! I tested this with music CD's, DVD's, and Blu-Ray discs and it was able to play all of them perfectly fine. Quality of course was limited to the disc quality itself, like in the case of DVD's that are older. The main issue I had with setting up the drive was that it's not truly "plug-and-play," meaning that a true "plug-and-play" is literally plug in and on and ready to go. I wasn't used to an added power switch on this but once I found that on the back and turned it on a few seconds into the setup everything was good. I am the type of user that won't use that switch beyond making sure it's powered on. This doesn't play 4K discs out of the box, but I've seen online how you can hack it to, but I have zero interest in hacking my device, nor worrying about buying 4k discs. I got this specifically for Blu-Ray movies that I already own along with a few DVD's and music CD's. Now the reason I took one star off the review. They created this reason in their bundled software choice that was clearly chosen because it was cheap for them to license without truly caring if you received current software relevant to current computer hardware and operating systems. Power2Go 8 is dated as released November 3, 2011, CyberLink PowerBackup 2.6 is dated as released October 29, 2014, and Nero BackItUp 2017 Essentials was clearly released in 2017. I'm honestly just annoyed that they provided software from 2011, 2014, and 2017 for a product I just purchased yesterday, December 29, 2025. All of this software is genuinely old and outdated. Power2Go 13, the latest version from Cyberlink was released in 2019, and even that is starting to show its age, but that is the current offered version from Cyberlink. So my take is, enjoy the drive for being great hardware, but ignore the disc that comes with it completely and find more relevant and current solutions. I think that this fact also should mandate that they drop the product price, because being realistic, they are only offering hardware with outdated software that "functions" but isn't at all coded properly for current windows or macs, hardware or operating systems, let alone security risks. I already own the PowerDVD 24 software for playing discs as I already have a DVD external drive that's held up very great. So adding this drive into that software is already super easy for playback. As for a burning solution that I can count on getting updated I'm going to go with Cyberlink's Power2Go 13. I'm annoyed that I have to buy current software for a product I purchased yesterday. I also feel like they are pricing this for 4K use knowing a lot of users probably will hack it to make it work for that. However that is also unfair pricing for those of us genuinely just wanting a quality player that isn't crazy priced like this one is, and especially since it isn't set up for 4k as purchased. In the end I'm glad I have this, but it's is significantly over-priced. I haven't had this long enough to speak to how durable it is, but for what I've tested so far it seems reliable. It's a box so it's a lot bulkier than my other external drive, but the device connects easily and works pretty quickly with proper software.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2025 by Penelope
Bought this to use M-Discs for long term backup. The drive is rather heavy, but that doesn't bother me. It feels stable in place, which helps my confidence for the disc burning. The drive was detected immediately in Windows 11. I was able to burn a disc quickly and read the disc without issue. Given the rising costs of computer storage, this was an easy purchase for me. Great value.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2025 by Frankie
I got the Blu-Ray drive because I needed a drive that could burn Blu-Ray discs. (Obvious, right?) I already have a DVD burner that has worked fine, but I wanted to use discs that have more storage capacity. So this drive was delivered and it worked fine for the first week or so that I used it. I used it to burn Blu-Ray discs as well as DVD9s. I liked the fact that it burned a DVD9 faster than the other DVD burner I had. I didn't need to use it for a few weeks after that, so it just sat there unused. Then I needed to use it again to back up some larger files, but I was only needed to use a DVD9 disc. So I inserted the DVD9 and after about 4 minutes the drive popped it out with an error message about a write error. I tried another and got the same result. These DVD9 discs were the same ones I have used for a while because I purchased a stack of them and haven't used them up yet. They worked fine before on this burner, so why not now? I tried a disc in the other DVD burner and it burned the files just fine the first time. I had noticed that the Asus drive will seemingly randomly disconnect and reconnect every once in a while. It seemed strange, but I didn't see that it made any difference, so I ignored that it did this. Perhaps now, I'm thinking, this might be part of the problem. Who knows -- I certainly don't know enough about these devices to determine that. All I know is that it no longer works. I logged on to Amazon and completed the form to request a return. When I submitted the form I got a message saying that I would be contacted by the seller within 48 hours. Well, that was over a week ago and no contact. I've purchased Asus products before. They're good products. Like any manufacturer, however, sometimes things don't go as well as you'd like. so I don't have a problem with the fact that the drive doesn't work. I just have a problem that the seller, Premier Audio Video, doesn't respond to requests for a return. Nothing. Not an email asking for more information -- just nothing. So buyer beware -- If you get a product that works fine, you will likely have no issues. But if you have a problem with the product and want to return to Premier Audio Video, I hope you have better luck than I do trying to communicate with them.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2019 by Aiken4Moore
Purchased this back in 2019 to rip Blu Rays to my media server and it's still going strong. This is a workhorse and I have had no issues with it considering how many rips i've done over the years. At the time the price was $119 but has gone up which i'm attributing to certain factors which shall not be named.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2026 by Kevin