I bought this recently to down load music cds on to a new mp3 player as my iPod had died. It does exactly what it says on the tin. Easy to use and has served its purpose for what I need. I bought it whilst it was on offer so definitely value for money.
It takes a while to recognise that the hp cd player has connected to the hp laptop. Sometimes have to unattach and then attach the wire to register it. If you don't use a computer very often which I don't, it's hard to understand how to use it for ripping cds and syncing to phone.