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Re: External DVD player for Linux

Yeah, if it's a new device I would be somewhat surprised if it was USB2 .. all machines from 2012 (ish) onwards, or maybe even earlier should be USB3, just because it's the new standard. At chip level, again I wouldn't have expected the price difference for the manufacturer to be more than single digit pennies.
Caveat; my experience with 3.0 has been poor and that 3.0 devices don't always meet the speeds often quoted  as "USB3" .. it's "USB3.1" that delivers the 10G speeds ... and just reading up, 3.2 qu...
Yeah, if it's a new device I would be somewhat surprised if it was USB2 .. all machines from 2012 (ish) onwards, or maybe even earlier should be USB3, just because it's the new standard. At chip level, again I wouldn't have expected the price difference for the manufacturer to be more than single digit pennies.
Caveat; my experience with 3.0 has been poor and that 3.0 devices don't always meet the speeds often quoted  as "USB3" .. it's "USB3.1" that delivers the 10G speeds ... and just reading up, 3.2 qu...

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