Our ancient desktop machine has breathed its last and with it the last ripping cd/dvd drive in the house (except the PS5 – no ripping there). So we are cutting the desktop cord and find ourselves in need of an external drive that will: Rip CDs Play DVDs/blu-ray Not so fussed about ripping DVDs. Not solely usb 3.0, as we have some laptops still with 2.0 Budget up to £50 for something that comes from a recognisable brand (can see Hitachi do these for example) ideally, if not then a recommendation from the zillions of Chinese makes you’ve never heard of on Amazon.