Product Description

The external dvd740e DVD Writer is your solution to archiving, preserving, and sharing videos, photos and music. Added bonus: You can label your discs using HP' s cool LightScribe1 technology, which expertly applies your own silkscreen-quality designs. Double your storage space to 8.5GB per dual-format, double-layer disc2; you can also use single-layer DVDs Record hours of video on DVD with your PC, then play back in your living room Archive family pictures and home videos for safekeeping Create your own original disc labels featuring photos, images, and text with HP' s easy LightScribe disc labeling Get creative and have fun with the included software, which lets you edit video, organize photos, create slide shows, and more Write to DVD±R DL, DVD±R/±RW as well as CD-R/RW Award-recognized support Get peace of mind with the one-year limited warranty Rely on HP's renowned Total Care service and support, which J.D. Power and Associates has recognized as consistently providing "An Outstanding Customer Service Experience" Get answers to your product questions toll-free, 24 x 7, or via e-mail in as little time as an hour, at www.HP.com/go/totalcare

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #29430 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Hewlett-Packard

Features

• Double your storage space to 8.5GB per dual-format
• Write to DVD±R DL, DVD±R/±RW as well as CD-R/RW
• HP easy LightScribe disc labeling
• Writing speeds 16x/8x/8x DVD+R/DL/RW
• Reading speeds 40x/32x CD-R/RW

Customer Reviews

Stress you dont need
Light Scribe 740E

For a product to receive 1 star it has to perform, albeit poorly. How many stars do you give a product that does not work at all and crashes your system?

Light Scribe the few times it did work did engrave photos onto CD and DVD. The only colors it can engrave are various shades of gray and bronze. Note: no pictures of Light Scribe engraved discs are in the packaging or on any of the Light Scribe advertising.
The only Light Scribe blank DVD discs I have found can store 1 hour or less of video.

The drive failed to recognize any blank disc and would continually display the message "insert a blank disc". I tried every type of disc that the drive supports and the drive didn't discriminate, it didn't recognize any of them.

I tried the help on the HP.com Website it was no help and there aren't any driver updates. HP does not support this device. This product is less than a year old and still under warranty. I called tech-help the drive failed every test so I shipped it off for warranty replacement. I received a replacement drive in 6 weeks installed it and it crashed my hard drive.

I shipped the 2nd 740e back and am now waiting for yet another drive it's been about 5 weeks so far. Do not buy this drive! Do yourself a favor and buy some lottery tickets, give to your favorite charity or buy beer for the homeless. You'll feel better...

Don't waste your money
I choose this burner because the advertising claimed it was problem-free and compatible with my HP computer, but I have had nothing but trouble with it. It vibrates and hums like a cement mixer, and more than half of the time my computer does not recognize it - a common problem for this model.

hope you don't need hp support
HP support should be called non-support. I have bought a lot of HP products in the past but have always been lucky enough to have them all hold up through the warranty period until now. Bought a Pavilion Media Center PC with lightscribe and less than 5 months later the lightscribe dvd died. Do they get me a replacement or just the run around? You got it....the run around. I will never and I advise everyone else not to buy from HP until they can prove to stand by their warranties.