As the review of the LaCie 16X d2 DVD+/-RW Double Layer external burner comes to a close, the results seem to be mixed based on what I am reading at PC Magazine.

It seems that while they succeeded in coming up with an economical external DVD Writer that works as it should, you are just not seeing the performance that one might find with a higher end product. All and all, this is a fair trade off I think.

The LaCie 16X d2 DVD+/-RW Double Layer external burner has many of the same strengths offered by earlier models: a tough, rack-mountable aluminum chassis, an auto-sensing dual FireWire/USB 2.0 interface, and a generous assortment of Roxio applications that together support most recent Windows and Mac operating systems.

Like other outboard LaCie drives we’ve reviewed, the 16X d2 took about twice as long as most internal models to rip a DVD to our hard drive. But it compensated with solid results on our other tests, and by adding support for the latest 4X DVD+R Double Layer and 16X single-layer DVD-R and DVD+R specifications. And unlike many dual-layer rewriters, every DVD and CD it produced played flawlessly in all of our settop and computer test drives.