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Originally Posted by Moskie
wow, I must be out of the loop. I've never heard of this LightScribe technology until I read the description of that burner.
I've had an external DVD burner for a couple years now... i had no idea they were already so much cheaper and better now. i might have to get that one.
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Lightscribe is cool but unless you're made of money don't expect to use it much. I paid 20 bucks for a 30 pack of lightscribe CDRs. Considering I get annoyed if I can't get a 100 pack of normal CDRs for less than $15, that's pretty freakin' expensive.
It's also time consuming - figure on 15 minutes for a label burn and if you want it to look really good, with good light/dark contrast, you'll want to do a double burn, so that's 30 minutes + actual CD burn time.
Nice to have when you're making a special project, but for routine burning I still use a regular CD and a sharpie.
Still, especially for the price, the other advantages of this drive (speed, simplicity. . .did I mention SPEED) make it well worth the buy.
The really good news is that according to the guys that make it, color lightscribe labelling is on the horizon and when it comes out, current lightscribe drives will be able to do it with a firmware update.