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LaCie d2 DVD±RW with LightScribe
I saw a Lacie external DVD drive that I thought would be perfect to burn reels on. Besides the fact that it's extremely fast (16X) and double layer (8.5GB) you flip the DVD over and the burner prints your label design on the other side. It uses the same laser that it uses to burn the data on the DVD to burn the image you want on the other side. This makes for a professional looking presentation of your material. It also comes with Toast & for the Mac.
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Re: LaCie d2 DVD±RW with LightScribe
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Kevin London
on Fri 15 Feb 2008 02:34 PM PST | Profile | Permanent Link
I think the features of that burner may be beyond what's necessary to burn reels. For one, do reels exceed 2 hours? Most reels are quite short, it seems, so the dual-layeredness of it seems excessive if just for that purpose. Secondly, I recently purchased a Lightscribe drive myself. Bear in mind that it does require a different type of disc than you would typically use for normal DVDs. The resulting design, while decent looking, is not something I would want to give out to others as a part of a reel. It is monochromatic. I think they're working on creating the ability to have Lightscribe be printed on different colored discs but I haven't seen any mention of duo-tone burning or any such. Similarly, there seems to be some issues concerning contrast on Lightscribe that may be worrisome. Overall, if you are trying to impress others with presentation, I would stick with conventional labelling techniques (printing on an inkjet, sticking on disc).
These minor issues may or may not impact your purchase, but I wanted to share my opinion. Re: Re: LaCie d2 DVD±RW with LightScribe
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Kevin London
on Fri 15 Feb 2008 02:35 PM PST | Profile | Permanent Link
Oh, oops. I just realized this post was two years old.
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