"Paul" wrote in message ...
Andy wrote:
On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 00:29:41 -0700, "*rain*drops*"
wrote:

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?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010100005%201298019 801&bop=And&Pagesize=50


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

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.