Has anyone used the Dell USB DVD drive with Android?

Hi;

I have an Aluratek AT197F (Cinepad 9.7) which I bought from Dell 18 months ago.  It runs Android 4.04.  Aside from one complaint I love this tablet! It only came with 2 GB internal Memory, a common issue from tablets of this era.  I bought a Kobo Arc 7, 6 months ago, and it came with 50 GB!

The Aluratek does have external SD memory slot in which I installed a Lexar 16 GB chip.  This was a partially satisfying upgrade.  But despite advertised claims of watching HD movies, the online movie vendors will not allow saves to anything but internal memory so I searched for a way around this.  The only hint: "Rooting".  Sadly these Aluratek tablets are not very common and it took several months before I found the "Kingo" rooting software.  It worked just fine.

Next, I wanted to add real storage capability, especially to watch movies and video.  Here is the solution I found.

1. USB OTG adapter (On the go) which cost under $5
2. Belkin 5V powered hub which cost under $30

• this beauty has 6 standard and on micro USB ports

3. 1TB Seagate Slim USB hard drive which cost under $80 from Dell

• plugged into a USB 3.0 port on my XPS 8500 and filled filled it up with the movies and videos I wanted to watch on the Tablet 'on the go'.

4.  I connected the Slim drive to the powered hub and "Voila!" movies on my Tablet!  Android could read and write the drive which was formatted by Windows 8.1 without a hiccup.

5.  I have also connected wired and WiFi keyboards and mice which work via the hub on my tablet.  A Logitech WiFi keyboard with a touchpad (K400) works very well.  The WiFi USB receiver, plugged into the hub works with Android, though specs only say Windows.

SO: my next thought is adding a DVD drive.  Will it work?  I see Dell has a nice little USB DVD drive on sale:  Has anyone had success with this drive on and Android tablet/phone?

Dell
Dell External USB Ultra Slim DVD +/-RW Slot Drive
Usually Ships 1-2 Days
Manufacturer Part# 44TV1
Dell Part# 318-2870