Lightscribe -- Internal Burner question

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I'm in the market for a lightscribe CD burner (yeah, DVD burner too I
guess). I've looked at Tiger Direct and Amazon -- seems the internals run
about $40-60. Various brands. Sony, HP, LaCie, ASUS, ...

This is relatively recent technology, so I'd like some guidance on which
brands hold up the best and are the most reliable. Advice please? Pointers
for where to shop?

Thank you!

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Hmmm. I thought this newsgroup was my friend, too. It seems to have
recently become populated with patronizing little boys, however.
 
I'm in the market for a lightscribe CD burner (yeah, DVD burner too I
guess). I've looked at Tiger Direct and Amazon -- seems the internals run
about $40-60. Various brands. Sony, HP, LaCie, ASUS, ...

This is relatively recent technology, so I'd like some guidance on which
brands hold up the best and are the most reliable. Advice please? Pointers
for where to shop?
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What I cannot believe, is how long it takes to Lightscribe a label.
The reviews for some of those products show 10 to 30 minutes per label
(depending on how much contrast between light and dark parts you want).
You'd be old and gray before your music or movie collection was
properly labeled, at that speed. It takes longer to put the label
on, than to burn the disk.

There is another technology, thermal transfer labeler for around 100
dollars, but it doesn't make nice labels like Lightscribe. The
labels would be barely adequate (the examples showed just text).

Back to using my Crayons I guess...

Paul
 
Paul said:
What I cannot believe, is how long it takes to Lightscribe a label.
The reviews for some of those products show 10 to 30 minutes per label
(depending on how much contrast between light and dark parts you want).
You'd be old and gray before your music or movie collection was
properly labeled, at that speed. It takes longer to put the label
on, than to burn the disk.

There is another technology, thermal transfer labeler for around 100
dollars, but it doesn't make nice labels like Lightscribe. The
labels would be barely adequate (the examples showed just text).

Back to using my Crayons I guess...

Paul
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Yes, it does take a looong time to label a Lightscribe CD/DVD. But since I
remember paying $60.00 for a decent CD-ROM reader and $ 250.00 for a speedy
4X CD burner, for $ 40.00 I'll buy a lightscribe burner and burn the
occassional lightscribe label.
 
Thanks Paul & Pete, for the input. Since the labels take so long and are of
poor quality, I think I'll wait until the technology has improved. Are
paper labels a no-no? I've been using sharpies to write on the labels, but
it would be nice to have paper labels. Easier to find the right CD
 
I wouldn't say the labels are of poor quality but they can't come close to
the quality of graphics printed on a label. I've been labeling my CDs with
paper labels for years with no problems. For my most important labels, such
as the backup disck I burn for my copy of Windows and Office, I use my
lightscribe CDs and burn a label onto it.
 
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