LaCie d2 DVD±RW Writer

Make / Model: LaCie d2 Lightscribe Dual Layer Write Speeds: 16x/4x/16x DVD+RW, 8x/4x/16x DVD-RW, 40x/24x/40x CD-RW Low Price Vendors: TigerDirect.com

Record professional-quality, personalized DVDs with your LaCie d2 DVD±RW Drive and Toast® Titanium recording software. With this dual format drive and Toast® 6 Titanium, Mac OS X users can store and archive as much as four hours of high-quality DVD video, up to 16 hours of VHS video or up to 8.5GB of data, music or photos on a single double-layer DVD+R disc.

A FireWire drive, the d2's installation is a simple matter of plugging its 6-pin FireWire cable into a computer or other FireWire device, and then hooking up its AC power cable. Once you have the unit plugged in, the PC or Mac effortless recognizes the drive, and it's ready to go. I like the idea of a Fire Wire DVD drive, where it's easy to move it from machine to machine or take it with you if necessary. And, there's no speed penalty when testing this baby, either. I did have one minor disappointment, however. Since 6-pin FireWire is capable of bringing power to the peripheral as well as its data signal, I wish the d2's FireWire could do this, eliminating the need for a power cable, its attendant wall wart and the extra messy cables that go along with it.

• Double layer recording technology
• Expansive 8.5Gdigital storage capacity
• Multi-format DVD rewritable drive
• Original aluminum d2 Design
• Technology : DVD+R9 (Double Layer), DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, CD-R and CD-RW
• Buffer Memory - 2MB
• Interface : FireWire
• Disc Format : DVD: DVD-ROM, DVD+R, DVD-R (General Use only), DVD+RW, DVD-RW, DVD-Video

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