When it comes to recordable DVD disks, what is "Lightscribe"?

Answer 1

Some type of dvd have special surface on one side on which you can burn the image (like music album list , photo, text ) etc using lightscribe. The other side is normal i.e. you burn your data there.

Answer 2

Its really cool if you haven't seen it. Its the new hip thing.
HP developed it. Like others have said, you can "burn" things onto the top side of the CD/DVD. This lets you be more creative and put pictures (if you go to that Lightscribe website you well see some cool things).
Its a better and long term way of marking your disc. Most DVD drives come with LightScribe and mose CD/DVD's don't cost any more with Lightscribe (when you buy in in bundles.)
The only down side is that it takes a while. I have had my light scribe burner for over a year (so kind of old) but it usually takes around 30 mins to burn the image onto the disc. But this well improve over time.

Answer 3

"Lightscribe" is technology used to put a label on a CD/DVD which does not come off when wet and is actually "burned" into the disc. The laser of the DVD writer etches the design onto the top side of the disc where a label made with magic marker normally goes.

This process requires a special blank tan disk to provide the proper surface for the "Burn". So far only black is being "burned" into the disc so you'll wind up with a disc with tan background and black design. Someday the background may be another color.

The speed of the "Burn" is slow in the 20 minute range.

Answer 4

basicly it is a special kind of disk that is blank on both sides. you burn on one side and the other side it inscribed with a laser to make an image. This way it looks like a real dvd not something you just popped out of your cd drive... but at the cost of the disks I prefer sharpies.

Answer 5

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