External DVD-Burners

Top Five External DVD-Burners

There are a lot of DVD-Burners out there, and to no one's surprise, the best performers are names that you already know. External DVD-Burners are now less than $100 and the technology is becoming more reliable then ever. Defragmenting your hard drive is an essential step before attempting to burn a DVD. It's also best to have plenty of RAM, a fast computer, and lots of hard drive space. Here are our picks for the five best External DVD-Burners for you laptop users.

1) Sony DRX-710UL External Dual Layer DVD-Burner
Sony’s Double Layer DVD records single layer DVD+R discs at up to 16X speed, burning full discs in a little over 5 minutes. Of course, you can also burn Double Layer DVD+R DL discs with the DRX-710UL, giving you up to 4 hours of MPEG-2 video or up to 8.5GB of data storage space on a single disc.

2) Plextor PX-712UF External DVD-Burner
The Plextor PX-712UF burns in 12X DVD+R write, 8X DVD-R write, 4X DVD+RW rewrite, 4X DVD-RW rewrite, and 16X DVD-ROM read. The drive can create a 4.7 GB disc on DVD media in about 6 minutes. You can also burn to Video CD (VCD) to play on most DVD players.

3) HP (Hewlett-Packard) DC5000 External Dual Layer DVD-Burner
The HP (Hewlett-Packard) DC5000 lets you transfer your video masterpieces to DVD±R/±RW discs quickly and easily. Included software lets you edit video and photos, music, and data applications, plus write and read CD-R and CD-RW discs, as well as DVD±R/±RW discs.

4) LaCie 300920 D2 Dual Layer External DVD-Burner.
The LaCie 300920 D2 delivers four DVD formats in a slim device. This drive burns to both CD and DVD, giving you plenty of production and distribution options. The LaCie d2 has one of the fastest DVD recording speeds available and can record in both DVD-R and DVD+R formats. The drive also features FireWire and Hi-Speed USB 2.0 ports as connection options.

5) Iomega Super DVD QuikTouch Video Burner 12x Dual-Formated USB2.0 External Drive
Iomega's DVD-Burner comes with an integrated video capture card and “one-touch” burning for burning your videos to either DVD and VCD. The video capture card is integrated to the drive allowing direct video capture and burn so you can get high-quality video duplication onto DVD from any digital device (camcorders, DVD players, etc) with analog outputs (S-video and/or composite/RCA).