MODEL- LAC300776U VENDOR- LACIE FEATURES- DVD +/- RW Drive 16x, design by F.A. Porsche External USB 2.0 16x DVD +/- RW Drive with 4x Double-Layer recording technology. PC and Mac compatible, Mac software NOT included. This all-in-one rewritable drive features four DVD formats in a single device and can be connected to any PC or Macintosh computer, making it the most versatile drive around. Large 8.5GB double-layer DVD+R9 media is ideal for backing up computer systems or archiving MP3 libraries on a single disc. Includes Drive, Hi-Speed USB cable, power supply, LaCie DVD Utilities CD. Mac software not included. Compatible with Mac Roxio Toast software. * DVD+/-RW IN ONE DRIVE This universal drive delivers four DVD formats in a single, slim device. By combining DVD+RW and DVD-RW formats, the LaCie Dual DVD+/-RW Drive delivers greater creative versatility by eliminating the need to choose one format over another. This combination drive is also capable of writing to CD and DVD formats, which are compatible with nearly all existing DVD-Video players. * CREATE ORIGINAL VIDEO DVDs Record professional-quality, personalized DVDs with your LaCie Dual DVD+/-RW Drive and the included Roxio DVD Builder authoring software. Import video and audio footage from your DV camcorder, arrange your sequences, and burn projects onto DVD or CD-Video discs. Completed DVDs can then be played back on virtually any DVD player to share among family and friends. * RECORD CUSTOM DVDs IN MINUTES Offering the fastest DVD record speed on the market in a slim, aluminum design, the LaCie Dual DVD Drive features 8x record speeds in DVD-R and DVD+R formats. * COMPILE MP3s, PHOTOS, VIDEO Back up valuable data, share photos, and archive MP3 libraries and MPEG-2 DVD video. With the ability to store digital data on CD or DVD media, the LaCie Dual DVD
1 it's OK but not in vertical positon as picture above
Mine works fine with 8x discs and Nero Ultra 6. Amazon has the wrong picture and actual Model 300776U cannot be used in vertical position for space saving. There is no stand either. You can put it on the PC horizontally if it's for PC. I sometimes used with my Compaq notebook. It's cool and quiet. Other than the positon, it's fine with single layered DVD+R/-Rs for 3 months now. I don't give 5 stars because I haven't tried with Double layered discs yet as well as tech support... who knows? ... you may need it one day... So far, this is much better than Plextor EXTERNAL PX-708UF with extremely slow speed and poor tech support.
2 Burnt out my USB hub
On paper the product looked great. And the box is small and sleek. But when my drive arrived and I followed the directions and plugged it into my USB hub I got complaints from my usb bus along the lines of 'voltage overload'. And I smelt a burning plastic. It never worked, and I think my hub and one of the ports on my USB card are now burnt out. I was not impressed.
3 Excellent for the price!!!
I'm happy with it!!. You can make back up on DVDs and is external excellent for people like me with a labtop. I have a 1Gb memory in my camara and every time that I copy all my pictures to the 60Gb disk of my labtop I have less space. I bought it because I was without space on my hardisk. With tradicional CDs to backup 40Gb you needs around 60 CDs but with DVDs you can do it with less than 10 (and if you use doble layer you can use the half)
4 Hope it works better soon...
Just received the writer ! ! but immediately had problems with it specially when trying to copy from DVD to DVD, Popcorn stops, have to uninstall and reinstall popcorn to make it work again, still waiting for the response from Lacie's support.
