LACIE LAUNCHES PORTABLE DVD±RW WITH LIGHT SCRIBE

The souk of external USB-powered drives has been on the rise and changing rapidly, with new designs striking the market at an ever increasing pace. LaCie, best known for their stylish external devices, has of late introduced a new USB-powered tray loading DVD burner designed by the world-famous Sam Hecht. This gracefully shaped chocolate-brown tray-loading USB-powered DVD drive will surely twist some heads.

An external power supply and supplementary USB power cable are incorporated in the package, at no time were they required for the drive to function. The drive worked on multiple laptops burning CD's devoid of any interruption of power. For older laptops, or some situation where you encounter a device that cannot pass enough current over the single USB cable, that is where the supplementary items would come in handy.

Noise during operation was a bit louder than other external drives we have used, but nothing like the 5.25" monster desktop drive inside a USB case that we have sitting around as a backup. Seeking and spin-up is roughly the same as you would find in an average notebook. This shouldn't surprise you though, as it has the exact same type of dive found in most notebooks.

Users looking for a bit setting attuned drive look no further. This drive supports bit setting, which enhances compatibility with older DVD-ROM players that don't always shore up DVD+R/RW media.

As recommended by the name of the drive, this drive includes Light Scribe capabilities. Light Scribe allows you to engrave text labels and images onto the surface of the DVD rather than use sticky labels that may jam an optical drive. LaCie is also the solitary company to offer Light Scribe software that works with Mac OS.