Anyone have a LightScribe DVD Burner ?

[isekii]

If so how do you like it ?

Wanna trade ?

 

[cliftonite]

which company makes one?

 

[isekii]

Originally posted by: cliftonite
which company makes one?

It's out with the HP computers but not too sure which manufacturer.

I think BenQ makes one.

 

[isekii]

none of you nooblars own one ?

 

[semo]

hp just released it at ces i think

expect the first lightscribe drives to be made by hp. or put another way: expect the first lightscribe drives to be unnecessarily expensive. also expect medium manufacturers to drag their feet with releasing lightscribe compatible disc. at least the good news is that verbatim have a lighstscribe media section on their site www.verbatim.com and lacie are making an effort i guess: http://www.avvideo.com/article...ewarticle.jsp?id=29928 (at time of writing, the drives are not available to buy)

anyway, last year hp said that first very first lightscribe drives will only be found in hp systems like this one

 

[magdream]

HP has it up on their site, and apparently at select b&m retailers, but not online resellers.

http://www.shopping.hp.com/cgi-bin/hpdi...fondfgf.0&template_type=product_detail

 

[DurocShark]

Your LightScribe-enabled CD/DVD disc drive contains a special laser that pumps light energy into a thin dye coating on the label side of the disc.

So you have to buy their special discs? Bleh.

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: DurocShark

Your LightScribe-enabled CD/DVD disc drive contains a special laser that pumps light energy into a thin dye coating on the label side of the disc.

So you have to buy their special discs? Bleh.

How did you expect it to work? Toner carts. would be mighty cramped in a 5.25" drive

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: DurocShark

Your LightScribe-enabled CD/DVD disc drive contains a special laser that pumps light energy into a thin dye coating on the label side of the disc.

So you have to buy their special discs? Bleh.

How did you expect it to work? Toner carts. would be mighty cramped in a 5.25" drive

I expected it to work on blank DVDs that didn't have any manufacturer's printed labels on them

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: DurocShark

Your LightScribe-enabled CD/DVD disc drive contains a special laser that pumps light energy into a thin dye coating on the label side of the disc.

So you have to buy their special discs? Bleh.

How did you expect it to work? Toner carts. would be mighty cramped in a 5.25" drive

I expected it to work on blank DVDs that didn't have any manufacturer's printed labels on them

How exactly did you think the ink would get on the disc? Magic?

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: DevilsAdvocate

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: DurocShark

Your LightScribe-enabled CD/DVD disc drive contains a special laser that pumps light energy into a thin dye coating on the label side of the disc.

So you have to buy their special discs? Bleh.

How did you expect it to work? Toner carts. would be mighty cramped in a 5.25" drive

I expected it to work on blank DVDs that didn't have any manufacturer's printed labels on them

How exactly did you think the ink would get on the disc? Magic?

I was under the impression that it used a laser to "etch" the image on the disk

 

[anxi80]

Originally posted by: isekii
I think BenQ makes one.

yep, ships in march

 

[Anonemous]

Didn't yamaha have one of these before (even though it wrote it on the data side of the disc)?

 

[semo]

Originally posted by: Anonemous
Didn't yamaha have one of these before (even though it wrote it on the data side of the disc)?

yeah, but since the label was on the data side, if you filled up the cd you wouldn't be able to burn a label. with lightscribe, the data are burned on the data side and the label is burned on the label side

 

[DurocShark]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: DevilsAdvocate

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: DurocShark

Your LightScribe-enabled CD/DVD disc drive contains a special laser that pumps light energy into a thin dye coating on the label side of the disc.

So you have to buy their special discs? Bleh.

How did you expect it to work? Toner carts. would be mighty cramped in a 5.25" drive

I expected it to work on blank DVDs that didn't have any manufacturer's printed labels on them

How exactly did you think the ink would get on the disc? Magic?

I was under the impression that it used a laser to "etch" the image on the disk

Exactly. Didn't Panasonic or someone market a CD burner that did that?

<EDIT> Yamaha. Sorry, I shoulda paid more attention to the post right above this one.

 

[Gravity]

I want one.

 

[JoeKing]

bah I heard it takes somthing like 1 hour to "scribe" a moderatly sized label. And you can only imagine the price HP will place on their "special" media. And I the POS probably breaks down quickly, and it's ugly and stupid...

damn I want one

 

[ZOXXO]

Nise but I'll wait for color.

 

[Bassyhead]

Originally posted by: ZOXXO
Nise but I'll wait for color.

Probably not possible considering that a laser etches the image in the same way the disc is written.

 

[thraxes]

Originally posted by: semo

Originally posted by: Anonemous
Didn't yamaha have one of these before (even though it wrote it on the data side of the disc)?

yeah, but since the label was on the data side, if you filled up the cd you wouldn't be able to burn a label. with lightscribe, the data are burned on the data side and the label is burned on the label side

I have a Yamaha Burner that can do this. On some CD-R brands you can see it clearly, on others the etching is almost invisible. Don't use it that much though since i mostly have CDs where it doesn't show up.

 

[Kaido]

I just use an Epson R200, which is an inkjet printer that can also print on white or silver printable CD/DVD discs. Price is about the same for blank discs as regular discs.

 

[DeeKnow]

too little, too late if you ask me

 

[semo]

Originally posted by: Kaido
I just use an Epson R200, which is an inkjet printer that can also print on white or silver printable CD/DVD discs. Price is about the same for blank discs as regular discs.

the price of the printer and the ink is the killer for me

sure lightscribe drives will be a bit more expansive but not by much (here and here)

and the lightscribe discs should become as cheap as the printable ones (one day )

 

[SKORPI0]

Review

Takes approximately up to 25 minutes to print in B&W, I'll stick with my Epson R200. I'll wait when results will be in color, print in about 2 minutes, and media cost is affordable. :disgust:

Pros--------------------------------------------- Cons

Professional results------------------------------- Extremely slow process
Permanent scratch- resistant bond-------------- Special expensive media required
Eliminates recurring ink cost -------------------- Media availability

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: thraxes

Originally posted by: semo

Originally posted by: Anonemous
Didn't yamaha have one of these before (even though it wrote it on the data side of the disc)?

yeah, but since the label was on the data side, if you filled up the cd you wouldn't be able to burn a label. with lightscribe, the data are burned on the data side and the label is burned on the label side

I have a Yamaha Burner that can do this. On some CD-R brands you can see it clearly, on others the etching is almost invisible. Don't use it that much though since i mostly have CDs where it doesn't show up.

thraxes, could you scan a CD-R for us/me to see the quality when you have a chance please