Once I let myself first irritated by some negative reviews, I decided to take a friend for advice. Funnily enough, he was already in possession of the external drive and empfiel me immediately on. After mitlerweile three weeks I can only associate myself with him. The drive is working properly, burn CDs quickly and play movies without any problems from.
Unfortunately, the delivery took a little longer than a week, but this was also mentioned when ordering, so no points deduction for my impatience;) I hope the good part is I still get a few more years! :)