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• Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 4 reviews

The Bottom Line: The Sony BWU-100A Blu-ray burner is still priced out of range for most users, but if you have $700 to spare, it's a good choice for its range of media support and acceptable task speeds. Read review

Specs: BD-RE, 32x (CD) / 8x (DVD) / 2x (BD), 24x (CD) / 8x (DVD±R) / 4x (DVD±R DL) / 2x (BD-R), 16x (CD) / 6x (DVD-RW) / 8x (DVD+RW) / 5x (DVD-RAM) / 2x (BD-RE)

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• Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 4 reviews

The Bottom Line: The LaCie d2 Blu-ray burner offers good performance speeds, but it's still prohibitively expensive. Home users should wait for Blu-ray burners to drop in price and improve in performance. Read review

Specs: BD-RE, 32x (CD) / 8x (DVD) / 2x (BD), 24x (CD) / 8x (DVD±R) / 4x (DVD±R DL) / 2x (BD-R) / 2x (BD-R DL), 16x (CD) / 6x (DVD-RW) / 8x (DVD+RW) / 2x (BD-RE) / 2x (BD-RE DL)

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• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 2 reviews

Specs: DVD±RW (+R DL)

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• Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 7 reviews

The Bottom Line: Although it's pricey, the Sony DVDirect VRD-MC3 is a boon for anyone who has lots of old videotapes but less time or tech skills to digitize them using a computer. Even better, it doubles as an external DVD burner, so you can use it with your PC long after you've transferred all those old tapes. Read review

Specs: DVD±RW (±R DL), 40x (CD) / 16x (DVD), 40x (CD) / 16x (DVD±R) / 8x (DVD±R DL), 24x (CD) / 6x (DVD-RW) / 8x (DVD+RW)

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• Average user rating: 0.5 stars out of 1 review

Specs: DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM, 48x (CD) / 16x (DVD), 48x (CD) / 20x (DVD±R) / 12x (DVD±R DL), 32x (CD) / 6x (DVD-RW) / 12x (DVD+RW) / 12x (DVD-RAM)

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• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 1 review

Specs: DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM, 48x (CD) / 16x (DVD), 48x (CD) / 20x (DVD±R) / 10x (DVD±R DL), 32x (CD) / 6x (DVD-RW) / 8x (DVD+RW) / 12x (DVD-RAM)

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Specs: BD-RE / HD DVD-ROM combo, 40x (CD) / 16x (DVD) / 6x (BD) / 3x (HD DVD), 40x (CD) / 16x (DVD±R) / 4x (DVD±R DL) / 6x (BD-R) / 4x (BD-R DL), 24x (CD) / 6x (DVD-RW) / 8x (DVD+RW) / 5x (DVD-RAM) / 2x (BD-RE) / 2x (BD-RE DL)

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Specs: 8x (DVD) / 2x (BD)

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• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 1 review

Specs: DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM, 48x (CD) / 16x (DVD), 48x (CD) / 20x (DVD±R) / 8x (DVD±R DL), 32x (CD) / 6x (DVD-RW) / 8x (DVD+RW) / 12x (DVD-RAM)

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• Average user rating: 1.5 stars out of 1 review

Specs: DVD-RW (-R DL)

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Specs: BD-RE, 40x (CD) / 16x (DVD) / 4x (BD), 40x (CD) / 16x (DVD±R) / 4x (DVD±R DL) / 4x (BD-R), 32x (CD) / 6x (DVD-RW) / 8x (DVD+RW) / 5x (DVD-RAM) / 2x (BD-RE)

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Specs: DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM, 24x (CD) / 8x (DVD), 24x (CD) / 8x (DVD±R) / 4x (DVD±R DL), 24x (CD) / 6x (DVD-RW) / 8x (DVD+RW) / 5x (DVD-RAM)

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The Bottom Line: The Plextor PX-608CU portable DVD burner is a great match for users who have a laptop without a built-in DVD burner; we just don't know who that might be. Read review

Specs: DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM, 24x (CD) / 8x (DVD)

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Specs: DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM, 24x (CD) / 8x (DVD), 24x (CD) / 8x (DVD±R) / 6x (DVD±R DL)

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• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 3 reviews

Specs: DVD±RW (+R DL) / DVD-RAM, 48x (CD) / 16x (DVD)

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• Average user rating: 2.5 stars out of 15 reviews

The Bottom Line: Western Digital's Passport Portable External Hard Drive lets you take a lot of data on the road for a low price. Read review

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• Average user rating: 2.5 stars out of 2 reviews

Specs: CD-RW / DVD-ROM combo, 24x (CD) / 8x (DVD), 24x, 24x

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Specs: DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM, 24x (CD) / 8x (DVD), 24x (CD) / 8x (DVD±R) / 6x (DVD±R DL), 24x (CD) / 6x (DVD-RW) / 8x (DVD+RW) / 5x (DVD-RAM)