Store 8.5 GB of your data or record up to 4 hours of DVD-quality video on double-layer DVD+R media and double-layer DVD-R media with the 16X DVD+/-RW LightScribe drive. Thanks to Double Layer technology the HP 16X Max SATA DVD+/-RW LightScribe Drive delivers an unprecedented storage capacity of 8.5 GB - nearly twice that of previous generation drives. The drive writes to DVD+R at 16X, Double Layer DVD+R at 8X, DVD+RW at 8X, DVD-R at 16X, Double Layer DVD-R at 4X, DVD-RW at 6X, CD-R at 48X and CD-RW at 32X and reads from industry standard DVD-ROM media at 16X and CD-ROM media at 48X.