I am using this writer since 1 & 1/2 year.First Faced Ejection Problem...And Now Reading & Writing Of DVD/CD Sucks.....Giving Reading Speed Below 1 Mbps For Cd/dvd which takes long time to copy 700 mb cd (Approx 30 to 40 min) which are Scratch-less. I don't Know Why The hell HP Product Giving this type of issues.....i am really disappointed with this poor performance for the value i paid....So i will Suggest Don't go for this one.....

Kudos to Flipkart for a speedy delivery within 24hrs in N-W Delhi ! Coming to the product ,overall good performance as expected from an optical drive .Earlier was using LG Drive which lasted for +2 years and burned over 200 DVDs on it. Now expecting a better performance from this HP product ! Go for it !

I purchased this drive a year ago from a dealer at Nehru Place to use it with my custom-assembled system. He promised this was a top-of-the-line drive. And he couldn't be more wrong. After using it, I noticed immediately that the build quality of the tray was clearly inferior to other brands'. But it worked fine in the beginning. Discs burnt OK and played OK. After 12 months, just sufficient for the warranty to run out, the tray started misbehaving. First, it doesn't respond to the EJECT button 3 times out of 5. And when it does, it retracts into the drive body in a fraction of a second, not giving me any time to put a disc in. Several times, I was unable to put in the disc properly before the tray started retracting automatically resulting in the disc getting damaged. I have used a HP's laptop before, and was just appalled at its dirt quality. I don't know about the US market, but in India, HP is shelling out crap. They beat out the competition by undercutting the prices coz they know Indians are suckers for freebies and cheapies. But they more than make up their margins by selling probably rejected components from other world markets. Avoid it. Go for ASUS, SONY or PIONEER.