LaCie Offers Pocket-sized DVD-Rewritable Drive for Mobile DVD Burning and Authoring

PORTLAND, OR – LaCie, a leading producer of storage devicesfor the content development industry, announced it is shipping its newportable PocketDVD-RW Drive equipped with blazing FireWire interface.Like its CD-rewritable counterpart, this compact DVD-rewritable drivefeatures a rugged bumper guard for reliable protection and weighs only1.4 pounds. An ideal companion for Apple Power Mac computers andPowerBook® laptop computers, LaCie’s PocketDVD-RW Drivedelivers a complete, lightweight DVD recording and authoringsolution.

DVD authoring in your pocket

LaCie PocketDVD-RW Drives ships with recording software forMacintosh operating systems, including Roxio Toast Lite for CD and DVDrecording and CaptyDVD for full-featured DVD authoring. With it, userswill have the means to perform a multitude of tasks in a few simplesteps, including burning video, audio or photo CDs; and authoringprofessional-quality DVDs — all from the road.

"This pocket-sized DVD drive provides users with a fast, easy andportable way to burn DVDs for backup, storage or archival purposes,"said LaCie Product Manager Salem Tirane. "Users will be able to easilytransport and exchange video creations among workstations, or quicklyback up a complete system when they’re on the go or working awayfrom their desks. It’s perfect for burning a DVD on the fly orcreating a custom music library anywhere you happen to be.”

Spacious DVD media

Offering generous storage capacity of up to 4.7GB, DVD general usediscs are capable of storing as many as 1,000 MP3 songs, up to twohours of MPEG-2 DVD video, and as many as 500,000 documents. Durable,write-once DVD discs offer a reliable means of safely storing andarchiving digital audio, video and data that cannot be erased oraltered.

MP3 compilation

Perfect for burning music tracks and compiling MP3s, the LaCiePocketDVD-RW Drive features a 2MB buffer and reads most CD and DVDformats. Functioning as an all-in-one recorder, this drive also offersCD-RW capabilities, and will burn a full 700MB disc in just fiveminutes. The LaCie PocketDVD-RW Drive reads CDs at 24x speed, allowingfor fast data access and file retrieval.

Simple setup

This versatile drive offers fast installation with immediate devicerecognition, as well as true plug and play convenience — nodriver or software installation is required. Using the power providedby the FireWire bus, the LaCie PocketDVD-RW Drive can operate withoutan AC adapter or an external power supply.

Availability

The LaCie PocketDVD-RW Drive will be available in July 2003 throughLaCie’s authorized resellers and mail order partners with pricesbeginning at $399. Drives ship with a FireWire cable, CaptyDVDauthoring software, Toast Lite CD and DVD recording software, and onefree piece of DVD-R media