Panasonic LF-M621U
3X DVD-RAM, 4X DVD-R, plus DVD-RW and CD burning!

A breakthrough in versatility, the Panasonic LF-M621U DVD Multi Drive meets a huge range of data storage needs.  Compatible with all of the DVD Forum standards, the LF-M621U burns DVD-RAM, DVD-R and DVD-RW media, plus CD-R and CD-RW media making it the single drive solution for all DVD and CD needs!

DVD-RAM
The Panasonic LF-M621U writes the highly reliable, large capacity DVD-RAM discs at 3X speed. DVD-RAM provides the largest, most durable rewriteable DVD storage format. The Panasonic LF-M621U will record to single and double sided DVD-RAM discs providing up to 4.7GB of storage per side (twice the storage of other formats).  Plus, DVD-RAM discs can be written to over 100,000 times and data written to the discs has a predicted life of 30 years.  These two features make DVD-RAM a superior format for archiving high resolution artwork, scanned photographs, digital music collections and for backing up computer data.

Have you been using Zip or Jaz drives to archive your digital imaging files?  The LF-M621U quickly writes files to ultra-reliable DVD-RAM media having a much larger capacity.  Imagine storing 80 - 50MB high resolution scanned art photographs on a single removable disc!   Plus, with it's quick random access, you can do modifications and editing on the fly - just like a hard disk!

DVD-RAM media is available in cartridges (Type 1 and Type 2) and also as a non-cartridge disc.  The LF-M621U can read and write to all three types.  A brief explanation of the different DVD-RAM media types follows:

• Type 1 DVD-RAM Media - Double Sided disc mounted permanently in a protective cartridge.
• Type 2 DVD-RAM Media - Single Sided disc in a protective cartridge, but the disc can be removed from the cartridge for playback in DVD-ROM drives that have DVD-RAM playback capability.
• Non-cartridge DVD-RAM Media - Single Sided disc without cartridge

DVD-R
The LF-M621U also writes 4.7GB DVD-R discs at 4X speed. Quickly and safely archive up to 4.7GB of data to a removable disc with a 100 year life expectancy!  Or burn your own DVD movies with up to 2 hours of theater quality video that will playback on 98% of home DVD players. DVD-R provides the very best compatibility with future, current and legacy DVD players.  It is estimated that 98% of existing DVD movie players and DVD-ROM drives will play DVDs created using the Panasonic LF-M621U's DVD-R format.

DVD-RW
Fully compatible with DVD-RW discs, the LF-M621U allows you to test your DVD movies on these rewritable discs, then burn your finalized versions to DVD-R.  Also, the included software makes using DVD-RW discs as easy as floppy discs....drag and drop files to the DVD-RW disc or erase files by dragging them to the trash.

CD-R/CD-RW
The LF-M621U is also fully compatible with both CD-R and CD-RW discs, burning CD-R at 12X and CD-RW at 8X speed.  Plus, boasting a 32X CD-ROM read speed, the LF-M621U also reads CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW and Audio CD formats, so you can use it to replace your computers existing CD-ROM drive.

• Panasonic LF-M621U internal IDE drive
• Instruction manual
• Audio cable
• Mounting Screws
• 1 blank 4.7GB 3X DVD-RAM disc
• Software CD with:
  • Drivers
  • B's Recorder Gold5 Basic (CD & DVD Writing Software)
  • B's CliP5 (CD-RW and DVD-RW packet writing software)
  • DVD-MovieAlbumSE 3 (DVD-Video Recording software)
  • MyDVD 4 (DVD Authoring software)
  • WinDVD 4 (DVD-Video Playback software)
  • FileSafe (backup software)

• Available 5.25" drive bay
• IDE controller with available connector
• General: 150 MB free hard drive space for included software installation, 5 GB free for DVD disc creation
• Intel® Pentium® II processor 300 MHz or equivalent, 128 MB RAM
• DVD video disc creation: Intel® Pentium® II processor 300 MHz or higher, 128 MB RAM , video capture capability (1394 interface or analog video capture card)
• 1024 x 768 or higher video display adapter
• Microsoft Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP