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anyone have a Lightscribe burner?

Kaido

Kaido

Elite Member & Kitchen Overlord
They look cool, a tad pricey on the discs tho. Anyone have one? And, would they work fine in an external enclosure? I don't see why not but you never know...

I think I'll stick with my Ritek printables and Epson R200 until the Lightscribe discs come down in price 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Kaido
They look cool, a tad pricey on the discs tho. Anyone have one? And, would they work fine in an external enclosure? I don't see why not but you never know...

I think I'll stick with my Ritek printables and Epson R200 until the Lightscribe discs come down in price 🙂
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Hopefully, like most technology they will get faster as they get cheaper. I remember when the first CD Burners that connected to 1284 parallel port came out in 1995, then cost $900 and more for a slow 1x drive.

I think it would be nice if they put a laser on the top as well as the bottom so that a label could be printed as the disc burned. It would cut back on time and prevent the user from having to flipover the disc to print after the data has been burned. :sun:
 
Originally posted by: Googer
Originally posted by: Kaido
They look cool, a tad pricey on the discs tho. Anyone have one? And, would they work fine in an external enclosure? I don't see why not but you never know...

I think I'll stick with my Ritek printables and Epson R200 until the Lightscribe discs come down in price 🙂
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Hopefully, like most technology they will get faster as they get cheaper. I remember when the first CD Burners that connected to 1284 parallel port came out in 1995, then cost $900 and more for a slow 1x drive.

I think it would be nice if they put a laser on the top as well as the bottom so that a label could be printed as the disc burned. It would cut back on time and prevent the user from having to flipover the disc to print after the data has been burned. :sun:
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yeah, I've been reading that it takes 15 - 30 minutes just to burn a disc. I like the engraved look, but that's a long time for just one disc. At least the actual data burner part is fast. Right now I'm using an Epson R200 with printable discs, takes maybe a minute to print a disc in full, high-quality color and it looks beautiful. I just figure as long as I'm saving for an external DVDr, the Lightscribe is pretty neat and only about $20 more.
 
Originally posted by: Googer
Originally posted by: Kaido
They look cool, a tad pricey on the discs tho. Anyone have one? And, would they work fine in an external enclosure? I don't see why not but you never know...

I think I'll stick with my Ritek printables and Epson R200 until the Lightscribe discs come down in price 🙂
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Hopefully, like most technology they will get faster as they get cheaper. I remember when the first CD Burners that connected to 1284 parallel port came out in 1995, then cost $900 and more for a slow 1x drive.

I think it would be nice if they put a laser on the top as well as the bottom so that a label could be printed as the disc burned. It would cut back on time and prevent the user from having to flipover the disc to print after the data has been burned. :sun:
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You sure they weren't some form of SCSI? I know my uncle bought one that cost him like $600 that was some SCSI interface, it even used caddies (which look somewhat like oversized 3.5" floppy drive case things, but are clear and hold a cd to prevent damage)
 
Originally posted by: whatever
You sure they weren't some form of SCSI? I know my uncle bought one that cost him like $600 that was some SCSI interface, it even used caddies (which look somewhat like oversized 3.5" floppy drive case things, but are clear and hold a cd to prevent damage)
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It likely was. My first burner was a SCSI one that I purchased used off of a friend for $100. It used caddies, it was an external SCSI Pinnacle RCD-1000. It was pre-MMC command-set, I needed a special add-on driver for the ASPI layer that was required for the system to even see it. It identified itself as a SCSI WORM drive, not a CD drive. It was slow, buggy, basically almost a POS. I was in heaven when I replaced it with a 6x Yamaha 6416S drive. That thing ran for years and years, what a great drive. I finally broke down and replaced it with a 48x IDE unit, a Sony that was made by Lite-On, and flashed it to be a Lite-On 52X. That's what I use now, still, and use the free CDDoctor app to scan CDs for C1/C2 errors. I still miss the superior multi-tasking of my mega SCSI rig though, I could be ripping from multiple drives at 4X, burning at 4X, it was great.
 
Right now I'm using an Epson R200 with printable discs, takes maybe a minute to print a disc in full, high-quality color and it looks beautiful.
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That is a much better option IMO.. Printable DVD/CD-R's are not that expensive and I like the inkyet look...

As of NOW, lightscribe sucks. But as always things get better and faster.

You can't beat the R200 @ $99.

😀
 
Originally posted by: bjc112
Right now I'm using an Epson R200 with printable discs, takes maybe a minute to print a disc in full, high-quality color and it looks beautiful.
Click to expand...

That is a much better option IMO.. Printable DVD/CD-R's are not that expensive and I like the inkyet look...

As of NOW, lightscribe sucks. But as always things get better and faster.

You can't beat the R200 @ $99.

😀
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Yeah, they look fantastic, better than most commercial discs. I just think the engraved look is kinda neat, and I figure, as long as I'm saving for an external... 🙂 Maybe I'll wait until the technology gets better.
 
Bah, I'd rather take a fine point sharpie and just write out whats on the disc then have to wait longer to burn more expensive media and get a fancy label.
 
Originally posted by: bjc112
Right now I'm using an Epson R200 with printable discs, takes maybe a minute to print a disc in full, high-quality color and it looks beautiful.
Click to expand...

That is a much better option IMO.. Printable DVD/CD-R's are not that expensive and I like the inkyet look...

As of NOW, lightscribe sucks. But as always things get better and faster.

You can't beat the R200 @ $99.

😀
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Yeah, the price is right, but how is the printer on consumables to print a disc? Is there any better printer/technology out there for printing on CD/DVD?

 
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