LaCie External Porsche-Designed 16x Dual-Layer DVD+/-RW Drive (USB2.0, Model 300776U)

by LaCie

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4.8 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00068S58K
• Item model number: 300776U
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 13, 2004

Product Description

LaCie DVD±RW, Design by F.A. Porsche USB, with Double Layer  technology 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 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. Perfect to Burn customized video DVDs and store photos, MP3s, video or any files. DVD speeds (Write, Rewrite, Read) : DVD-RW: 16x4x12x; DVD+RW: 16x4x12x; DVD+R DL: 4xCD speeds (Write, Rewrite, Read) : CD-R: 32x; CD-RW: 24x; CD-ROM: 40xt : Ships with Hi-Speed USB cable, power supply, LaCie DVD Utilities CD Software includes Easy Media Creator 7 (WinXP, 2000), Easy CD & DVD Creator 6.2, DVDMAX 2.0 player. Mac software not included, compatible with Mac Roxio Toast software.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent product for the price, May 17, 2005

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P. Yeddula - See all my reviews
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This review is from: LaCie External Porsche-Designed 16x Dual-Layer DVD+/-RW Drive (USB2.0, Model 300776U) (Personal Computers)

I bought this external dvd burner for my old laptop (year 2000 model with 512 MB memory) about one month back and I had no problem so far. I have burned around 75 DVDs (16x, 8x), 10 CDs. Because my laptop is an old one it took around 1 hour to burn each 8x DVD, but when I borrowed my friends laptop (which is year 2004 model with 256 MB memory) each 8x DVD was burned in about 5 minutes. Amazing difference a new laptop made.

Pros: This burner works so qietly, I am really impressed. Easily plugged in, no errors or issues so far.

Cons: No documentation or manual comes with the product whatsoever. I had to rely on their website (www.lacie.com) for some information.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars it's OK but not in vertical positon as picture above, March 17, 2005

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Customer "Consumer" (Washington, DC United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: LaCie External Porsche-Designed 16x Dual-Layer DVD+/-RW Drive (USB2.0, Model 300776U) (Personal Computers)

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.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for the price!!!, January 21, 2005

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MILCIADES NUÑEZ "Milciades Nunez" (Dominican Republic) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: LaCie External Porsche-Designed 16x Dual-Layer DVD+/-RW Drive (USB2.0, Model 300776U) (Personal Computers)

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)