The d2 Blu-ray Drive from LaCie is an external Blu-ray disc burner that can also burn and read DVD and CD discs. It connects to your computer via either the FireWire-400 or USB 2.0 interfaces. The drive allows you to write data to single-layer and dual-layer Blu-ray discs, which can hold up to 50GB of data; more than 10 times that of a standard DVD-R. These high-capacity discs are ideal for data archiving, backup, and HD video delivery.
Professional HD Video Recording
The drive has been designed to facilitate professional HD video recording. A 50GB Blu-ray disc can store approximately four hours of HD video, making it an ideal solution for video archiving or as a delivery mechanism to transfer a project to a mastering facility. Video can be compressed using MPEG-2, AVC or VC-1 codecs, allowing you to share HD video with your customers in stunning quality.
Multimedia Features
Blu-ray delivers up to 8 channels of audio at 192kHz/32 streams quality. This gives you high-quality audio to match the video quality that Blu-ray can deliver.
Data Archiving and Backup
Blu-ray allows you to archive large amounts of data at an attractive cost per GB rate. Making backups of your computer on Blu-ray is also time-saving as compared to DVD; you won't be constantly swapping out discs to create backups of your system. The discs feature a scratch-resistant coating on the surface to help protect data integrity for years to come.
Dual Interface
The drive can be connected to a computer via FireWire-400 or USB 2.0. This allows you to add Blu-ray burning capability to almost any modern computer.
Backwards Compatibility
The drive not only reads and writes single-layer and dual-layer Blu-ray media, but it is also fully compatible with DVD and CD media. The drive reads and writes CD-R/RW discs and single-layer and dual-layer DVD±R/RW discs as well.
Software Bundle
The burner is bundled with Easy Media Creator 9 and PowerDVD BD for Windows for disc burning and DVD video playback. Toast 8 Titanium is included for OS X, giving Mac users the ability to burn Blu-ray discs.