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This review is from: LaCie d2 Blu-Ray 12x USB 2.0 and FireWire Drive 301906U (Personal Computers)
This is a good product that works as advertised. The BIG problem I have with this product is the PRICE! LaCie is selling a $110 Pioneer BDR 206 drive installed in a standard LaCie USB 2.0/Firewire 400 enclosure for $380! That means you are paying $270 JUST for their enclosure! Why do they think this pricing is acceptable?
LaCie makes wonderful external drive enclosures that look good and work very well. So why only one star? Because of the outrageous price markup! LaCie does not make any Blu-ray or DVD drives themselves. In the case of this product all they make is an external USB/Firewire 400 enclosure, then they drop in a Pioneer BDR 206 internal SATA drive, and JACK UP the price!
You can accomplish the same thing by buying the Pioneer BDR drive separately for $110:
Pioneer Internal Blu-ray Disc/DVD/CD Writer BDR-206 (Black)
Then buy this LaCie DVD burner that uses the SAME USB 2.0/Firewire 400 external enclosure for only $90:
LaCie 301484U 22X d2 DVDRW DL Lightscribe USB2.0 and FireWire US
If you were to then remove the DVD burner from its enclosure (using a phillips screwdriver) and replace it with the Pioneer BDR drive, and you would end up with essentially the SAME product as the one being sold here, but for only $200 out of pocket! You'd even end up with a spare SATA Samsung SH-S223 Lightscribe drive that could be dropped into the internal drive bay of a PC or Mac Pro Desktop, or you could just sell it on eBay! Yes, you'd probably void the warranty from LaCie by opening the enclosure, but you could build TWO of these products for almost the same price LaCie is charging here for ONE.
If you really need the Roxio software, you'd have to buy it separately. (Personally I don't need or want the Roxio software)
LaCie REALLY ought to think about charging a more reasonable amount of money for this product!
If you don't want to void any warranties, another CHEAPER option would be to simply buy the Pioneer drive and drop it into one of these aftermarket firewire enclosures (NOTE: I HAVE NOT PERSONALLY TESTED EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING ENCLOSURES!):
Bytecc ME-535Limited USB/Firewire 800/eSata Enclosure: Bytecc ME-535Limited-BK - Storage enclosure - SATA-150 - FireWire / FireWire 800 / Hi-Speed USB / eSATA - black
Bytecc ME-535SSU2FW USB/Firewire 400/eSata Enclosure: Bytecc ME-535SSU2FW-BK Storage Enclosure - Black
Alternatively, you might consider buying this drive instead, a $199 (USB only) external Blu-ray drive from LG (LG External 12x Super Multi Blue Lightscribe Blu-ray Rewriter BE12LU30). While this device does not have firewire, USB 2.0 (480Mbps) is technically faster than the Firewire 400 (400Mbps) that comes with this LaCie drive anyway.
It's time for LaCie to get real, be fair, and stop price gouging! A fair price for this product would be $199, not $380! At $199 that would still leave them with about a 50% profit margin! The moment they lower their price on this product I'll be happy to revise my rating, but until then this product is not a good value.
It is my HOPE that this review will eventually prompt LaCie to LOWER their price on this drive!
But, until then, if you don't mind being grossly overcharged, this is a very good product!
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