My optical drive went out. what external dvd drive will work?

My optical drive is going out. I went to Apple and they suggested I buy an external dvd drive instead of paying $150+ to replace the drive on my MacBook Pro. I bought the Samsung Ultra Portable Slim External DVD drive and it took about 15+minutes for my Mac to even acknowledge it. Then it read the dvd and then my Mac told me it was consuming too much power through the USB and disconnected it. And I could not get it to work after that. I called Apple Support to find out what drives will work and they told me their USB Superdrive. I told them I read it won't work with Mac's that already have an optical drive installed, they looked it up and told me I'm correct. When I asked them what other drives they suggest, they told me they had no idea and I should google it.
Super frustrated.

Virtually ant external drive should work with your MBP. I would suggest one with external power so that you do not run into the same problem.
You might try a USB 'Y' connector with the one that you have purchased. That may allow sufficient power for it to operate. This is an example:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817998124&nm_mc=KNC-Google Adwords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-SSD%2f+HDD+Accessory-_-N82E16817998124& gclid=CPSg2Y7EgrcCFccx4AodvycAyg
Ciao.

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