The d2 12x Blu-ray Disc Writer from LaCie is an external Blu-ray disc burner. It's small and compact, keeping valuable desktop space available. It's also able to burn and read DVD and CD discs, and 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, allowing you to store up to 50GB of data or video on a single disc. Blu-ray discs are a fantastic medium for HD movies and for archival purposes.

• Record, rewrite, and play back HD video

• Author HD video content for playback on all BD players

• Store up to 50GB of data on a single disc

• Multi-format BD (Blu-ray) and DVD/CD

• USB 2.0 and FireWire interfaces

• Easy Media Creator 10 and Toast 10 Titanium with HD/BD plug-in

• Backward compatible with DVDs and CDs

• View BD-ROM, DVD-Video, and Video-CD

• Play back high-definition Blu-ray movies (on Windows only)