Create amazing DVD movies that can be played on your home DVD player with the IDVD16DDME Dual Format External USB 2.0 Double Layer Drive from I/O Magic. The Dual Format technology gives you the freedom to choose the media format (-R, -RW, +R, +RW) that is most compatible with your computer or home DVD player. Featuring write speeds of 2.4X for DVD+R (Double Layer) media, 16X for DVDRs, the drive can rewrite DVDRW discs at 4X speeds. Also the Double Layer technology allows you to store twice as much data on DVD DL media that's up to 8.5 GB of storage! Bundled with CD Mastering Software, it also allows you author your own home movies, and store data or music files on DVD or CD.