Hewlett Packard's DVD1040e DVD writer is Lightscribe enabled and offers up to 20x DVD-/+R write speeds, plus it's external, so you don't have to open up your computer to install it.

LightScribe is the innovative new disc-labeling system that gives CDs and DVDs a neat, professional look without ink, pens, or paper labels. With LightScribe, you simply burn your data, flip the disc over, and burn a precise, silkscreen-like label directly onto your LightScribe CD or DVD.

This retail boxed model includes Nero 7 Essentials software and user documentation, in addition to a set of installations screws.

Specifications:
Write Speed:
DVD-R: 20x
DVD-RW: 6x
DVD-R DL: 8x

DVD+R: 20x
DVD+RW: 8x
DVD+R DL: 8x

DVD-RAM: 12x

CD-R: 48x
CD-RW: 32x

Read Speed:
DVD-ROM: 16x
CD-ROM: 48x

Interface: USB2.0

Model Number: dvd1040e

Supported Writing Formats:
DVD+R / DVD+RW / DVD-R / DVD-RW / DVD+R DL / DVD-R DL / DVD-RAM / CD-R / CD-RW / CD-ROM

Suppored CD Reading Formats:
- CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-ROM/XA, Photo-CD, Karaoke-CD, VCD, CD-I, CD Extra, CD-Text, CD-R, and CD-RW

This writer comes with a 1 year guarantee from the date of purchase. All of our current range of DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW and CDR/RW media should function perfectly with this DVD writer.

Included Accessories:
- Stand, USB cable, manual, Nero 7 Essentials software, power adapter & cable

Minimum System Requirements:
- Pentium 4 1.6GHz or higher
- Windows 2000 / XP
- 128MB RAM (256MB recommended)
- 1GB free hard drive space (upto 18GB required to create DVD image file)

Please Note: In order to achieve 20x maximum writing speed your system requires Intel ICH8 Family or Nvidia 4 USB Universal Host Controller or higher. Please check USB controllers for details from the Device Manager of your Windows system.