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DVD Burner with lightscribe?

post #1 of 20
6/18/05 at 4:42pm
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Anyone know a place that sells em or if they are coming out in the near future so we can add one ourselves?

Am looking to swap one with my xps gen 2 cd burner.

Thx
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post #2 of 20
6/18/05 at 7:19pm
Hp outfits their 8000 series laptop with lightscribe. So it's available. Maybe you can buy it from them or go to their forum and ask owners what make and model they are and google it.
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post #3 of 20
6/23/05 at 1:59am
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never thought about that but dont the hp's use a different size cd-rom than would fit in the xps gen 2?
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post #4 of 20
6/23/05 at 9:12am
they are all the same size.
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post #5 of 20
6/23/05 at 1:06pm
What is LightScribe?
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post #6 of 20
6/23/05 at 1:19pm
Sagers are shipping with lightscribe dvd burners. This means their is a drive out their with a form factor that will work in the xps2, just finding someone who sells the drive alone.
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post #7 of 20
6/23/05 at 1:27pm
yeah lightscribe is the awesomeness. We do need to find out who sells them. I suppose you might be able to pick it up in HP spare parts though. Do they make lightscribe DvD burners or just CD anyone know?
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post #8 of 20
6/23/05 at 2:15pm
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Originally Posted by Xaero
What is LightScribe?




What is light scribe?
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post #9 of 20
6/23/05 at 2:16pm
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,114211,00.asp

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post #10 of 20
6/23/05 at 2:20pm
NEC will have new models (ND-6xxxA and ND-7550A) that support LightScribe in Q3 of 2005, so they should be available in few months. http://www.cdr-zone.com/news/hot_nec...iter_news.html

Not sure about Sony or Toshiba.
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post #11 of 20
6/23/05 at 2:21pm
Lightscribe uses dye to make silk-screen quality labels on your discs. Put the disc in and burn it as usual and then use a program such as Norton to make a lightscribe label. FLip the disc upside down in the dvd drive (there are lightscribe cd drives as well that can make lables on dvds of course just cant write dvds) and imprint the lightscribe label on it again with Norton or whatever program you choose to use. Lightscribe is too hyped. There are printers that can do it better and you have to buy that lightscribe media which isnt even highly available right now.
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post #12 of 20
6/23/05 at 3:23pm
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Another thing I just thought about .. dont wanna go to HP cause I dont care for em. Have had nothing but problems with any HP DVD-RW I ever bought from em. All of em failed within 2 months.
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post #13 of 20
6/23/05 at 4:24pm
My understanding, and I certainly can be corrected, is that light scribe is slow and can only be done in black/white, at this time?
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post #14 of 20
6/23/05 at 7:10pm
Yeah lightscribe is like just a gold disk that you imprint with dark brown/black design
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post #15 of 20
6/23/05 at 7:13pm
light scribe. what a joke. when it comes in color, then I will think about
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post #16 of 20
6/23/05 at 7:30pm
don't swap out ur CDRW for a burner,,,,U can buy a BLUE LED 16x D/L dvd burner for 90 bucks shipped on Ebay, and it will smoke a internal plus gives u features to do direct DVD copys since ull have internal dvd reader
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post #17 of 20
6/23/05 at 9:03pm
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Originally Posted by Rockinfella2k
don't swap out ur CDRW for a burner,,,,U can buy a BLUE LED 16x D/L dvd burner for 90 bucks shipped on Ebay, and it will smoke a internal plus gives u features to do direct DVD copys since ull have internal dvd reader
Only good if you don't take your laptop to places.
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post #18 of 20
6/23/05 at 11:51pm
so u burn dvds while ur on the airplane or at the pooL???


I only do any burning when im at home!
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post #19 of 20
6/24/05 at 12:18am
I occasionally burn DVDs at work or at some conventions/meetings or in hotels. It wouldn't be convenient to carry an extra external drive

Can't do it on an airplane, it'll suck the battery power out quickly.

P.S. Bringing your laptop near a pool is not a good idea
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post #20 of 20
6/24/05 at 1:49am
You guys have the wrong idea of burning DVDs on the go. What you're supposed to do is bring your 9300 to your friend's house with a spindle of DVD-Rs and ask to "look" at his (or her) DVD collection...heh
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