I/OMagic's External 8X USB 2.0 Dual DVD rewritable drive gives you absolute control to create and produce amazing DVD movies that can be played on your home DVD player. Burn DVDs in all-popular formats including +R, -R, +RW, and - RW. Each DVDå±RW/å±R disk holds up to 4.7 GB of data so you can record hours of video. Transform all your old pictures into a digital photo album that can be shared with family and friends. Easily backup files save data, and graphics to DVD disk to free up valuable hard disk space. Take advantage of lightning fast data transfer rates with its USB 2.0 support (480 Mbits/sec).
1 Simply excellent drive
I bought this for my laptop because it did not have a dvd drive. It worked like a charm. Plugged into my pcmica card with usb2.0 ports. No drivers or anything..
Write speed is good for an external drive.
2 Don't buy this product
Owning this product has been a lousy experience. While installation seemed easy and the product worked well at the first trial, that quickly changed after the first reboot. The company does not supply drivers or support tools for XP (I have a plain but new Dell computer). The time and effort spent trying to solve all the interoprability issues with this product has offset the initial savings manyfold. Next time I'll buy from a better known manufacturer that provide a minimum amount of support tools!