BlueJazz
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Mon Apr-21-08 07:35 PM
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Advice wanted Even being a Tech and MCSE I have ZERO experience with... |
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.."Lightscribe"
Is it worth buying a new DVD drive? Are they Colored?
Tell me the facts.... :) :)
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Orsino
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Mon Apr-21-08 08:05 PM
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1. I dunno. How much is easy, permanent labeling of discs worth? |
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I've never had a need for it, but I don't burn discs. My wife loves hers. I think there have been no mis-fires that require repeated attempts. The thing seems to work.
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Mon Apr-21-08 08:09 PM
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2. It takes 15 or so minutes to do a disc and you have to buy special discs |
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That being said, I love it. :)
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Deja Q
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Mon Apr-21-08 08:09 PM
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3. Monochrome, base color of the disc and the lightscribbled area is darker. |
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Mon Apr-21-08 08:12 PM
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4. One of my laptops has it. I played around with it... |
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...when I first bought the machine and it made a nice job of prettifying a couple of my DVDs. I don't have much use for such "personalization", though, so I haven't used it since.
Cute idea, all the same.
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Mon Apr-21-08 08:13 PM
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5. They all print in black, so far as I know |
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There is a dye on the surface of a LightScribe disc. When laser light hits it, it turns into what we offset guys call a "fake duotone"--a colored background with a grayscale image printed over the top of it. The original discs were all gold, but they've added other colors--blue, red and green plus two others I don't remember, sorry.
If your penmanship is as atrocious as mine, you'll like this a lot.
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Mon Apr-21-08 08:17 PM
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6. Not worth the effort and cost |
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Unless you're making multiple disks for sale and want them to look semi-pro or you're majorly O-C, a Sharpie pen is easier, cheaper and faster.
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Mon Apr-21-08 09:15 PM
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7. Thanks to all of you for your comments, I appreciate it! |
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