Lightscribe vs Printable - Club CDFreaks

Z_Unit · 12-08-2007

Guys, you think lightscribe is needed at all or printable media is better?

*CDan* · 12-08-2007

This is an "apples or oranges" question. There's really no comparison in the appearance of the discs, so it comes down to personal preference and cost.

UTR · 12-08-2007

IMO, until Lightscribe media becomes less expensive and can be burned at high quality in a few minutes, it will live in the margins. Printable media is affordable, fast and can be done in photo quality color. Therefore, it wins.

jflan · 12-08-2007

I have two Lightscribe capable drives that will probably never be used for that function.
I direct-print with a Canon ip4000.

*Bob* · 12-08-2007

I use printables and LS discs. Why? Because i can.

Bob_G · 14-08-2007

Quality of Print: printables, they have colors, lightscribe does not
Speed of Print: printables, printer takes about 30 seconds to print
Cost: printables, Verbs usually on sale at MicroCenter for $14.99 for 50.

nuff said......

crdc · 14-08-2007

I still don't even get the point of Lightscribe. it's slow and expensive and dosen't look quite as good.

For me, it's R220 + CIS with Maxell (MIJ) printables...

12-08-2007	#1 (permalink)
Z_Unit CD Freaks Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 103	Lightscribe vs Printable Guys, you think lightscribe is needed at all or printable media is better?

12-08-2007	#2 (permalink)
CDan CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: USA Posts: 2,804	Re: Lightscribe vs Printable This is an "apples or oranges" question. There's really no comparison in the appearance of the discs, so it comes down to personal preference and cost.

12-08-2007	#3 (permalink)
UTR CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 910	Re: Lightscribe vs Printable IMO, until Lightscribe media becomes less expensive and can be burned at high quality in a few minutes, it will live in the margins. Printable media is affordable, fast and can be done in photo quality color. Therefore, it wins.

12-08-2007	#4 (permalink)
jflan CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Vancouver, WA Posts: 525	Re: Lightscribe vs Printable I have two Lightscribe capable drives that will probably never be used for that function. I direct-print with a Canon ip4000.

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14-08-2007	#6 (permalink)
Bob_G CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 409	Re: Lightscribe vs Printable Quality of Print: printables, they have colors, lightscribe does not Speed of Print: printables, printer takes about 30 seconds to print Cost: printables, Verbs usually on sale at MicroCenter for $14.99 for 50. nuff said...... __________________ Vista 64 (SP1) Intel 6420 MSI P6N SLI Platinum G.SKILL 4GB DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 GeForce 7600GT Seagate 500 Gig HD LiteOn 165H6S (on shelf) benq 1655 benq 1640 benq 1620 (on shelf) samsung 203b

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crdc CD Freaks Rookie Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 49	Re: Lightscribe vs Printable I still don't even get the point of Lightscribe. it's slow and expensive and dosen't look quite as good. For me, it's R220 + CIS with Maxell (MIJ) printables...

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