Originally posted by: tweekah
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827101006
Originally posted by: corkyg
To be accurate, Lightscribe does not burn black and white. It is a dark brown on a gold background. And, text can be enlarged and emboldened - makes them very readable on the first pass. It is slow. Burning twice would be twice as slow.
Originally posted by: Ken90630
I know this doesn't answer your question exactly, but you might consider getting an NEC ND-4551A, which does LabelFlash instead of Lightscribe. LabelFlash is a newer labeling technology that enables you to burn in blue and silver colors as opposed to just the black & white of Lightscribe. The first two linked articles on this page might interest you.
AFAIK, the ND-4551A is the only non-OEM drive that offers LabelFlash at the moment. And IIRC, there's only one brand of optical disks -- Fuji, I think -- that work with it. Nevertheless, if you want at least some color with your laser-burned labels, I think LabelFlash disks look better than Lightscribe. Just FYI.
Originally posted by: ND40oz
Originally posted by: Ken90630
I know this doesn't answer your question exactly, but you might consider getting an NEC ND-4551A, which does LabelFlash instead of Lightscribe. LabelFlash is a newer labeling technology that enables you to burn in blue and silver colors as opposed to just the black & white of Lightscribe. The first two linked articles on this page might interest you.
AFAIK, the ND-4551A is the only non-OEM drive that offers LabelFlash at the moment. And IIRC, there's only one brand of optical disks -- Fuji, I think -- that work with it. Nevertheless, if you want at least some color with your laser-burned labels, I think LabelFlash disks look better than Lightscribe. Just FYI.
I'd just buy the 3550 and flash it to a 4551, that's what I did with mine. The 3550/3551/4550/4551 all use the exact same hardware and just vary by firmware. There's a guide floating around somewhere with how to do it.
That sounds funIn addition to the current gold color, the new coating technology used on Verbatim?s next-generation LightScribe CD and DVD media will enable the discs to be produced with vibrant new jewel-toned background colors such as yellow, green and orange.
Yeah, sounds good to me.Originally posted by: mechBgon
There'll reportedly be other "base" colors of LightScribe media eventually, so the gold-tone thing may just be the first of several
http://www.verbatim.com.sg/corporate/press_releases.cfm?ID=1049
That sounds funIn addition to the current gold color, the new coating technology used on Verbatim?s next-generation LightScribe CD and DVD media will enable the discs to be produced with vibrant new jewel-toned background colors such as yellow, green and orange.
Originally posted by: Ken90630
Originally posted by: ND40oz
Originally posted by: Ken90630
I know this doesn't answer your question exactly, but you might consider getting an NEC ND-4551A, which does LabelFlash instead of Lightscribe. LabelFlash is a newer labeling technology that enables you to burn in blue and silver colors as opposed to just the black & white of Lightscribe. The first two linked articles on this page might interest you.
AFAIK, the ND-4551A is the only non-OEM drive that offers LabelFlash at the moment. And IIRC, there's only one brand of optical disks -- Fuji, I think -- that work with it. Nevertheless, if you want at least some color with your laser-burned labels, I think LabelFlash disks look better than Lightscribe. Just FYI.
I'd just buy the 3550 and flash it to a 4551, that's what I did with mine. The 3550/3551/4550/4551 all use the exact same hardware and just vary by firmware. There's a guide floating around somewhere with how to do it.
Do you happen to know if the 3550 would then be able to burn/read DVD-RAM disks at 5X after flashing to the new firmware? And would it also pick up the 4551's ability to bitset DVD +R to the DVD ROM booktype (which the 3550 currently doesn't, if I'm not mistaken)? 'Cuz that would be .
Originally posted by: ND40oz
Originally posted by: Ken90630
Originally posted by: ND40oz
Originally posted by: Ken90630
I know this doesn't answer your question exactly, but you might consider getting an NEC ND-4551A, which does LabelFlash instead of Lightscribe. LabelFlash is a newer labeling technology that enables you to burn in blue and silver colors as opposed to just the black & white of Lightscribe. The first two linked articles on this page might interest you.
AFAIK, the ND-4551A is the only non-OEM drive that offers LabelFlash at the moment. And IIRC, there's only one brand of optical disks -- Fuji, I think -- that work with it. Nevertheless, if you want at least some color with your laser-burned labels, I think LabelFlash disks look better than Lightscribe. Just FYI.
I'd just buy the 3550 and flash it to a 4551, that's what I did with mine. The 3550/3551/4550/4551 all use the exact same hardware and just vary by firmware. There's a guide floating around somewhere with how to do it.
Do you happen to know if the 3550 would then be able to burn/read DVD-RAM disks at 5X after flashing to the new firmware? And would it also pick up the 4551's ability to bitset DVD +R to the DVD ROM booktype (which the 3550 currently doesn't, if I'm not mistaken)? 'Cuz that would be .
Yes it does, when you use Nero to check your drive specs, you now have the ability to read and write DVD-RAM at 5x. I haven't checked the bitset DVD+R setting. It literally makes your DVD burner a 4551. When I go into device manager, it lists it as a NEC 4551, same thing in the bios.