LaCie 301484U 22X d2 DVDRW DL Lightscribe USB2.0 and FireWire US

by LaCie

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 13.5 x 6.7 x 8.8 inches ; 3.1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001P5C9S0
• Item model number: 301484U
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (55 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #13 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Computer Components > Internal Optical Drives > Internal DVD Drives
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 17, 2003

Product Description

Store, share, and archive your data, photos, music, and video quickly with this fast CD/DVD burner with 22x DVD write speed. This rewritable drive features Hi-Speed USB 2.0 and FireWire for easy connection to your PC, and it¿s compatible with Linux.* Create totally customized DVDs with the bundled Easy Media Creator Suite 10 DVD/CD copying software for Windows users. Even import video and audio footage from your DV camcorder and easily burn projects onto DVDs. The LaCie d2 DVD±RW Drive comes with LightScribe labeling technology so you can burn custom, silkscreen-quality labels directly onto your discs.**

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

61 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars iMac & Lacie d2 DVD Burner & Lightscribe, September 5, 2009

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Larry Jordan "mac master" (J'ville, Florida USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: LaCie 301484U 22X d2 DVDRW DL Lightscribe USB2.0 and FireWire US (Personal Computers)

I purchased the LaCie D2 DVD Firewire Burner with Lightscribe® more than a year ago to use with my Apple iMac. I bought it so I could give my photo customers a custom looking DVD of their paid for images. I only used it a couple of times because the packaged Lightscribe® software didn't always recognize the the burner. I would have to cycle the power many times before it would finally "see" the burner and work. After many months of not using it, I thought by now Lacie would have released a fix for the problem, but they don't even recognize there is a problem. According to the blogs it is a very common problem even with their USB ext HD's. I've tried uninstalling the software, updating the software and reloading it, but nothing. It is a very nice looking, stylish unit, but that does me no good as a paper weight! The few times it worked it worked perfectly. This problem seem to exist between both the Apple and MS platform with either USB or Firewire. I can't recommend this product with a clear conscience to anyone especially when you can't even depend on LaCie for technical assistance.

This is an update to the above posted review: A week after I posted the above review I sent the burner back to LaCie to be repaired it is now working perfectly every time. The folks at LaCie was great. My unit was out of warranty, but they repaired it free of charge and shipped it back to me. The repair did not require any parts just labor. Apparently they had to flash or upgrade the firmware. It now works better than it did when I first purchased it. My Mac "see's" it each and every time I turn it on.

52 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Works great!, June 15, 2009

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P. Frary "Gochugogi" (Sin City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: LaCie 301484U 22X d2 DVDRW DL Lightscribe USB2.0 and FireWire US (Personal Computers)

I'm using the LaCie Lightscribe drive on a MacPro under OS 10.5.7 and Toast and it works great: fast audio/data burns and nice labels. The aluminum case is pretty and matches recent Macs well. I originally bought it to use on an old G4 tower and had to go through the process of installing the host driver and labeling program for my new MacPro. Luckily all the needed updates are on the LaCie website. Took me about 10 seconds to google and download them. How easy is that?

The main gotcha is a high high quality label burn takes 20 minutes, so you'll want to save full coverage graphics for special one-off disks. Simple labels like text and line graphics near the center are only a few minutes of write time. You can also get the host driver, a free "Simple Labeler" and prefab labels from HP's Lightscribe site. Hp's Mac support is a little weak and so LaCie's label app really picks up the slack. If you're a Windows user, get your drivers and label apps at HP as they're more Windows centric than LaCie.

Incidentally, this drive is compatible with built-in Apple burning.

30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great for my macbook, March 19, 2009

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Michelle L. Deppe "fiction reader" (Vienna, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: LaCie 301484U 22X d2 DVDRW DL Lightscribe USB2.0 and FireWire US (Personal Computers)

No one had reviewed this, so I was questioning buying it or not. I'm glad I did! It works great with iDVD. My macbook didn't come with a super drive so I'm satisfied with this lacie drive.