Product Description

Record personalized DVD/CDs wherever you want with the multi-format LaCie Portable DVD+-RW with LightScribe, Design by Sam Hecht. This sleek, slim and stylish portable burner is compact and easy to use. It has a high-gloss, chocolate brown elegance with clean, simple lines. High-Speed USB 2.0 bus-powered, it's fully mobile so you can plug it into any desktop or laptop PC with USB. Easily create and record your own music, movie & photo DVD/CDs with the help of the included full-featured burning software Easy Media Creator Suite 9. Design and etch your own professional-looking labels directly onto specially coated discs with LightScribe labeling technology. Weight - 11.25 ounces (319 grams)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2945 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: LaCie
• Model: 301230U
• Platform: Windows
• Format: CD
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 3.50" h x 7.00" w x 7.75" l, 1.60 pounds

Features

• Box Content - LaCie Portable DVD+-RW with LightScribe Design by Sam Hecht, USB 2.0 cable, USB power-sharing cable
• Bundled Software - Easy Media Creator Suite 9 with LightScribe Labeler (Windows 2000, XP, Vista), CinePlayer 3.5 playback software (Windows XP, Vista)
• Access Time - DVD 130ms, CD 120ms
• System Requirements - USB equipped computer, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Linux-based system, Pentium IV processor or greater 256MB of RAM
• Dimensions - Width 6.2 x Height 5.39 x Depth 0.98 (157.5x137x25mm)

Customer Reviews

Works great with my Acer Aspire One
I bought this to use with my Acer Aspire One. It comes with Roxio Easy Media Creator 9 XE. It comes with a USB cable, a 2nd USB cable if you need power from you laptop that the 1st USB cable might not supply and an A/C adapter. I use the 1st USB alone with my Aspire One.

It is very light weight and has all the functions that most people need. It is Lightscribe and DL compatible. It has worked with all the brands of discs I use.

I would suggest this one for anyone wanting a portable unit to take with them. It works great with my little Netbook. (Acer Aspire One)

It also seems to burn discs just as fast as my built-in units in my laptop and desktop. There is an update for the Lightscribe function on the Lacie website that needs to be installed on you computer for you to burn Lightscribe discs if you do that. I very seldom do.

Mine is a very shiney black with a gray bottom. It is plastic but feels solid enough to carry with you. It has rubber feet. It isn't the quietest drive but I don't care as long as it works.

Works with Mac OS X!
For some mysterious reason, LaCie doesn't advertise that this drive works with Mac OS X even though they provide Mac-compatible software for the drive. I was able to boot both my MacBook Core Duo and my MacBook Air using it. (Hold down option instead of 'c'.) The only downside is that the drive appears not to receive enough power from the bus, requiring the AC adapter.

Also, the stock image displayed here is completely wrong.

Very compact and comes with a nice Roxio software package
I purchased this DVD burner to use at work and home and have been impressed with it's compact design and very light weight. Some of the pluses:

- It comes with 3 ways to supply power, one is via standard mini USB, one is via a custom USB to DC input cable and the last is a regular AC adapter. All of them are included with the drive.

- It comes with (what appears to be) a full version of Roxio Easy Media Creator 9 XE. I have yet to hook up my video camera to it yet but there are no inactive components insisting on a paid upgrade to unlock and use them. Usually OEM versions are scaled down but this one has CineMagic and other features that are often removed. It also comes with a nice DVD player from Roxio called CinePlayer.

- It is very very compact and light weight.

The only down sides are the write speed (average to slow at 8x single layer and 4x double layer) and it will not write CD+R. Both minor setbacks unless you have a real need for speed.