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petetowns

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5. September 2006 @ 13:57

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I gather from postings like these
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/379580
that Verbatim is one of the top brands for DVD+R disks.

At this point, I will probably buy 16X +R media, even tho my current drive (a Plextor 706a) is only 4X (because I will be upgrading in months).

Is there any difference in quality between their "normal" +R media and the Lightscribe media in terms of quality?

I was only able to find some old postings regarding this on these forums
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/278328
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/187252
that I worry might be out of date by now.

I only thought of buying Lightscribe media after noticing a peculiarity on newegg's site:
--20 packs of Verbatim Lightscribe 16X +R disks in slim packs for $9.99 --> ~0.50 cents/disk
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817130009
--spindles of 50 Verbatim normal (non-Lightscribe) 16X +R disks for $19.99 --> ~0.40 cents/disk
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817507004
(Note: all prices are before shipping; not sure about taxes.)

In other words, I can get Lightscribe disks that are already in slim jewel cases (that is what is meant by "slim packs", right?) for only slightly more than non-Lightscribe disks with no jewel cases.

SO, is there any reason why should I NOT want to get the Verbatim Lightscribe disks?

Also, how popular are Lightscribe enabled DVD drives at this point?

Plextor's 760A does not mention it on their webpage
http://www.plextor.com/english/products/760A.htm
and neither does Benq's DQ60
http://www.benq.com/products/Storage/?pr...=specifications
(I just did a quick look at someLiteon's website is so bad, I am not

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JoeRyan

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5. September 2006 @ 16:09

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There are only a few LightScribe drives available since it is promoted by HP, the inventor. There are only a few licensed manufacturers of LightScribe discs: CMC, MBI, and Verbatim. (Verbatim actually supplies the LightScribe chemical coating to CMC and MBI for them to manufacture their discs. But CMC and MBI have to pay HP for the chemicals even though Mitsubishi Chemical manufactures the material. This stuff is only good for a couple of months of storage, and the storage conditions have to be incredibly cold. Batches have been lost when customs holds up a shipment and leaves it at room temperature.)

There should be no difference in quality between a LightScribe disc and a regular disc. Paying extra for the coating when you don't have a LightScribe drive may not make the most budget sense, but you can always label them later with a LS drive. You can even label them multiple times because the drives read the registration marks and label in exactly the same position time after time.

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cleargold

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11. September 2006 @ 12:55

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Yeah I usually have to run them twice to get the label to ome out dark enough

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