Connect this 18x drive to your computer via USB 2.0 for easily and quickly burning music, movies and photos to CD/DVDs. With up to 8.5GB of space on a double layer DVD disc, save up to 16 hours of VHS video, 4 hours of personal high-quality DVD video or thousands of MP3s. The bundled burning software, Easy Media Creator Suite 9, has an easy-to-use interface so you can piece together DVD movies in a matter of minutes complete with menus, thumbnails and backgrounds for a totally customized DVD. This drive is also equipped with LightScribe, which allows you to burn your own silkscreen-quality labels directly onto CD/DVDs with a built-in laser.