The Panasonic model LF-D103U DVD-RAM burner, when attached to your SCSI-2 or Fast SCSI port of your computer, has a maximum capacity of 5.2GB of storage split into 2.6GB per side of a DVD blank disc. That's eight times the storage capacity of a CD-R or enough space to hold 5,200 color digital photos, 230 minutes of MPEG-2 video or eight hours of standard 44.1kHz. CD audio.

DVD is fast becoming the converging standard for all media including software, multitrack audio and movies. The LF-D103U conforms to the latest specifications published by the DVD forum and data stored on the DVD-RAM will be readable on all newer DVD-ROM drives that support Type 2 DVD-RAM media. In addition, this unit will write and read both DVD-RAM and PD formats and read DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, Video-CD, CD Audio, CD-ROM's and CD-R/RW discs.