What's 'LightScribe'?

[myjaja]

I just bought a DVD burner from newegg, and it comes with LightScribe. How do I use it? Is it something where I insert a cd in the drive and it burns a image on the cd?

It's hard to keep up with technology. *sigh*

 

[Bill Kunert]

It requires special cd's and it will burn a lable on the front side.

 

[corkyg]

Lightscribe is a technology that allows you to laser burn a label into disks properly coated for such use. You burn the data side, then flip the disk and burn the label. The label takes longer to burn than the data. 🙂 But, I like it! I have two such burners.

 

[Jaxidian]

Note that, unless it's changed in the past month, Lightscribe media is MUCH more expensive than the other media. Expect CDs and DVDs to all cost about the same amount. I think for a while $1/disk was the cheapest you could find without finding a deal. I think 100 for $40 or so was the best I was able to get as of a month ago.

-Jax

 

[wgoldfarb]

http://www.lightscribe.com/

All the details you need, plus free software.

 

[corkyg]

Originally posted by: Jaxidian
Note that, unless it's changed in the past month, Lightscribe media is MUCH more expensive than the other media. Expect CDs and DVDs to all cost about the same amount. I think for a while $1/disk was the cheapest you could find without finding a deal. I think 100 for $40 or so was the best I was able to get as of a month ago. -Jax

36 cents a disk as opposed to 25 cents - not MUCH more expensive. Check out Meritline as a source.

 

[Jaxidian]

Originally posted by: corkyg

Originally posted by: Jaxidian
Note that, unless it's changed in the past month, Lightscribe media is MUCH more expensive than the other media. Expect CDs and DVDs to all cost about the same amount. I think for a while $1/disk was the cheapest you could find without finding a deal. I think 100 for $40 or so was the best I was able to get as of a month ago. -Jax

36 cents a disk as opposed to 25 cents - not MUCH more expensive. Check out Meritline as a source.

I usually don't pay $0.25 per disk for cds and dvds. At most $0.20 and that's if I need to go buy them at a store and not get a deal. Deals can be had pretty regularly for $0.10 per disk. $10/50 or $20/100 is the most I ever pay (aside from Lightscribe media).

 

[corkyg]

You probably weren't around then, but back in 1996, regular 4X CDR blanks were about $3.50 each! I guess one's definition of cost depends a lot on one's life experience. I don't pay any attention to anything less than a buck. 🙂

 

[amish]

Originally posted by: wgoldfarb

http://www.lightscribe.com/

All the details you need, plus free software.

make sure you get the program called extended label contrast utility it darkens the labels.

 

[duragezic]

I have it on my BenQ DW1655. It's fairly neat, and I burn maybe 1/3 of my CDs/DVDs with a LS label. Almost a year ago I got a 25pk of LS CDs for $8 compared to $8 for a 50pk (this was at Staples). So even at 2x as expensive, it is not that expensive if you don't use them 100% of the time. So I only have about half the number of lightscribe blanks as regular.

I use Surething for creating and printing the labels, even though I'm not much of a fan of it.

I've tried the Extended Label Contrast Utility but I found that I still prefer the quality from printing a disk in regular contrast mode twice. It takes quite a while... a little over 25 minutes per regular contrast mode print. The extended label makes it take longer anyway so I just do it twice.

 

[Jaxidian]

Originally posted by: corkyg
You probably weren't around then, but back in 1996, regular 4X CDR blanks were about $3.50 each! I guess one's definition of cost depends a lot on one's life experience. I don't pay any attention to anything less than a buck. 🙂

Yup, I was around then. By your standards though, that's cheap though because Blu-Ray disks are much more than $3.50 each right now.

:-/

Lightscribe media is MUCH more expensive than the other media

I was comparing Lightscribe media to non-Lightscribe media where the difference is 3-4x's the cost. I'm not comparing to 10-yr-old prices. So in this case, my definition of cost is one product versus the other that I was directly comparing. Has nothing to do with my or your life experiences.

 

[corkyg]

I agree with your premise - however - it does have a lot do with relative values, and that relates to life experiences. I don't pay much attention to prices when I want something - technolust knows no bounds. 🙂