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LaCie d2 External Blu-ray burner (2X BD-R/E)

Manufacturer: LaCie Ltd. Part number: 301115U

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$358.95 - $419.95 at 8 online stores

CNET Editor rating:
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Average user rating: 2.0 stars out of 6 reviews

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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.
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LaCie d2 External Blu-ray burner (2X BD-R/E)

price range: $358.95 - $419.95

Reviewed by: Ryan Belonga
Edited by: Felisa Yang
Reviewed on: 07/24/2007

The good: Supports all optical media types except HD DVD; works with PC and Mac; can burn 8cm or 12cm discs.

The bad: Very expensive; stingy phone support.

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.

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The LaCie d2 External Blu-ray drive is a decent though expensive burner. It supports all optical media formats except HD DVD. The LaCie d2's performance beats that of Sony's newest internal offering, the BWU-100A, though at just under $1,000, the LaCie is about $300 more expensive than the BWU-100A. Unless you're a video professional who absolutely requires HD burning capability, our advice is to wait until prices drop by several hundred dollars and write speeds go up.

Drive type	External Blu-ray multidrive
Supported media	BD-ROM; BR-RE (25GB and 50GB); BD-R (25GB and 50GB); DVD-ROM; DVD-Video; DV+/-R DL; DVD+/-R; DVD+/-RW; CD-R; CD-RW; CD-DA; CD-ROM; Video CD, Photo CD, CD Text, CD Extra
Maximum write speeds	2X BD-R; 2X BD-RE; 4X DVD+/-R DL; 8X DVD+/-R; 8X DVD+RW; 6X DVD-RW; 32X CD-R; 24X CD-RW
Buffer memory	8MB
Dimensions (WDH)	5.75x7.48x1.63 inches
Notable design features	None
Interface	1x USB 2.0 port; 2x FireWire 400 ports (6-pin IEEE 1394a)
Supported operating systems	Windows XP SP2 or Mac OS 10.3.9 or higher
System requirements	Windows: Pentium 4 Dual Core 3GHZ processor or higher; Mac: PowerPC G4 or Mac Intel processor or higher; minimum 512MB RAM
HD video playback	Nvidia 7600GT, ATI X1600 series GPU with latest driver; minimum 1,280x1,024 monitor resolution. Playing protected BD movies in HD through a digital DVI or HDMI interface requires an HDCP GPU and HDCP-ready display
Software included	Total media Extreme (Windows); Toast 7.1.1 Titanium
Any additional features	Supports 8cm or 12cm discs
Service and support	One-year warranty; toll-based phone support available weekdays from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. PT; LaCie's Web site includes FAQs, document downloads, and e-mail support.

In our CNET Labs' tests, the LaCie d2 Blu-ray drive performed on a par with other Blu-ray drives we've tested. Technically speaking, though, the d2 had the edge based on its higher bandwidth connection. For our tests, we used the FireWire 400 port. Ripping an 8.47GB commercial DVD movie took 23 minutes and 12 seconds. Burning that image to a DVD+R DL took 20 minutes and 50 seconds. A 4.48GB mixed data file took 10 minutes and 23 seconds to burn to DVD. It took the drive 4 minutes and 13 seconds to rip a 746MB commercial CD. Burning the CD image to a CD-R took 4 minutes and 37 seconds. When it came to HD content, the LaCie d2 essentially matched the Sony BWU-100A internal drive, though the d2 won by a very slight margin. Burning a BD-R with 23GB of mixed data files took 1 hour, 39 minutes, and 46 seconds, where the BWU-100A took 1 hour, 40 minutes, and 11 seconds. Ripping that same file took the LaCie drive 4 hours, 56 minutes, and 5 seconds; the BWU-100A took 5 hours, 2 minutes, and 22 seconds.

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LaCie doesn't care about customers

by jtr716 on November 26, 2008

Pros: Stands vertically for better shelf space

Cons: Poor construction and horrible support.

Summary: After mechanical failure and complete data loss, LaCie effectively said "that's too bad." I'll never buy another LaCie product!!

Summary: After mechanical failure and complete data loss, LaCie effectively said "that's too bad." I'll never buy another LaCie product!!

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1 stars

Atrociously horrible.

by Che93 on August 21, 2009

Pros: The eject button works.

Cons: It doesn't even come with software to burn blu-ray discs!
Lacie's support is non-existant.
The drive fails during burns, making very expensive discs useless.

Summary: It doesn't even come with a program to burn blu-ray discs! I had to spend $100 extra for Toast Titanium. Then, after I spent another $30 on a BD-R ...

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Summary: It doesn't even come with a program to burn blu-ray discs! I had to spend $100 extra for Toast Titanium. Then, after I spent another $30 on a BD-R DL, I used one of the templates in toast to try to burn the disc, only to have it fail after 76% of the burn. Of course, Lacie's legendary lack of support has lived up to its reputation. They have been of no help whatsoever.
So why did I buy this? One reason - it was the only one listed by Apple to work with a Mac.

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10 stars

Excellent choice!

by buzzo-milano on October 9, 2008

Pros: Easu to use
Fast transfer rates
Silentful

Cons: nothing maybe the color of the product could be better!

Summary: Excellent product of its category at the right price!

Summary: Excellent product of its category at the right price!
10 stars

Excellent product!

by guiluze on June 18, 2008

Pros: very efficient; high quality!

Cons: not too many colors available for casing!

Summary: We ordered it for the needs of our company and I can tell results are amazing : it reproducts your image and video in high quality also in HD! it burns ...

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Summary: We ordered it for the needs of our company and I can tell results are amazing : it reproducts your image and video in high quality also in HD! it burns really fast, is silentful and reliable with its backup application! It is worth it.

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2 stars

Beware LaCie's mindbogglingly bad support

by ElmoKajaky on July 25, 2007

Pros: Nice rectangular shape

Cons: Horrible product support

Summary: Summary says it all.

Summary: Summary says it all.
5 stars

If it breaks, you're stuck with it

by MattVideoPro on December 11, 2007

Pros: Only external BD burner available

Cons: Only external BD burner available

Summary: I bought this drive under duress. I needed an external BD burner quickly. I have bought two 1 TB hard drives from LaCie and had horrible performace from them. 1 ...

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Summary: I bought this drive under duress. I needed an external BD burner quickly. I have bought two 1 TB hard drives from LaCie and had horrible performace from them. 1 failed in 14 months -1 yr warranty. 1 TB files GONE! Replaced with 1 TB "extreme" triple interface- 3 months later- 1 TB of files GONE! They 'fixed" it, it failed again, now they're fixing it again

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