LaCie USB 2.0 Portable 8x DVD RW Drive with Lightscribe 301485

by LaCie

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7 x 3.8 x 7.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B002N8A0V6
• Item model number: 301485
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 28, 2009

Product Description

With the LaCie Portable DVD±RW, Design by Sam Hecht, you can easily create your own music, video and photo CDs or DVDs wherever you go. It can conveniently record to double layer DVD±R, DVD±R/RW, and CD-R/RW, and it’s USB bus powered, so you only need one cable to start burning CDs and DVDs. An easy-to-use interface allows you to piece together sophisticated, full-featured DVD movies in a matter of minutes. With Creator Suite 10 software included, creating your own DVDs and CDs is simple. This portable DVD±RW drive is equipped with LightScribe*, an innovative technology that allows you to burn silkscreen-quality labels directly onto CDs and DVDs with a laser instead of a printer. System Requirements : USB-equipped computer, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Mac OS 10.4, or a Linux-based system, Pentium IV processor or greater, Minimum 256MB of RAM, Direct-disc labeling requires LightScribe CD/DVDs (not included). Box Content : LaCie Portable DVD±RW, Design by Sam Hecht, USB 2.0 cable, USB power-sharing cable, LaCie Utilities DVD-ROM with User Manual and software, Quick Install Guide.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Save your money...buy an inkjet printer instead!!, July 10, 2010

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trooperke - See all my reviews

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This review is from: LaCie USB 2.0 Portable 8x DVD RW Drive with Lightscribe 301485 (Personal Computers)

I purchased one of these LaCie 301485 drives on 6/2/10, in order to utilize the LightScribe printing feature. It never would complete labeling a disc, constantly giving me a "communications error". Being the good customer (and really wanting the LightScribe feature to work) I had already registered the product with LaCie, and so contacted their customer service about a fix or a replacement.

LaCie customer service is broken, at best. All my correspondence was by e-mail, since I refused to pay their $15 per phone call (probably to some out-sourced call center anyway), and it took another 2 weeks of e-mails (usually 1 or 2 days between responses) where they repeated the troubleshooting tips from their website, before they agreed to fix the unit under warranty (which they then shorted by 6 months by entering my purchase date as 12/15/09!).

I returned the unit to LaCie on 6/24/10. I received a new replacement unit on 7/8/10. The first disc I labeled worked fine, albeit a bit light. The second disc gave me the familiar "communications error". Same routine as before, 3 different computers (2 iMacs, 1 Windows netbook), re-installing the host and labeling software, re-starting machines when prompted, etc., all to no avail. All I get is the same "communications error" the previous unit gave me. I now own a $70 paperweight. (Sure they both burn data fine, but my computer burners already work - I wanted the labeling.)

I refuse to keep paying to ship back a defective unit and waiting 1 or 2 days between answers from LaCie's customer service. These units are junk, too bad since the LightScribe seemed so promising. I am going to get an inkjet that prints on CD's, and never buying anything from LaCie again. I would NOT recommend this unit to anyone.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disapointed, October 21, 2011

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Watermaker - See all my reviews

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This review is from: LaCie USB 2.0 Portable 8x DVD RW Drive with Lightscribe 301485 (Personal Computers)

This drive works well to write dvd and cd, but performs miserably in writing labels in Lightscribe. Sometimes, after six or eight tries, it will write a partial, very simple, graphic label on the label side of the disk.