World's smallest and lightest DVD±R/RW burner

Panasonic lays down a new record for the world's smallest and lightest DVD±R/RW DL burner with their announcement of the "LF-P876C." Although most of us who wanted a DVD burner probably already have one, the P876C still manages to bring home the bacon with a thickness of just over half an inch. Throw any sort of blank DVD or CD you want in there — it supports writing to DVD±R, DVD±RW, DVD±R DL, DVD-RAM, CD-R, and CD-RW. Like most portable burners these days, it also operates off either USB bus power or an AC adapter. Expect this one to set you back roughly $285.

[REY2K7 @ Dec 19th 2005 2:28AM]

I love Panasonic/Matsushita.

[Hugo @ Dec 19th 2005 2:28AM]

I've always had a good experience with Panasonic products. And if this is the kind of product that is actually VERY portable, then it could really work wonders for those who do IT work.

[Andrew B @ Dec 19th 2005 2:28AM]

If I weren't a cheap college student, I would definintely buy one of these. They are incredible!

[Nick @ Dec 19th 2005 2:28AM]

I have mixed feelings about Panasonic. On the one hand, we have a 21 yo microwave from them that still works and cooks our food for us. On the other hand, I wondered how "brilliant" their engineers were after they put a photo viewer function on a plasma display. I thought the whole reason video games warned us of pausing our games for long periods of time is that a lot of TVs (such as plasma TVs) were subject to image burn.
However, this seems like a cool product and if I had a need for a portable DVD burner, I would probably put this on my Christmas Wishlist.

Nick