Color Lightscribe

[mol3000]

I was thinking of getting a lightscribe burner very soon but found out it didnt burn the graphics in color..... when do you think they will release such a thing???? I HOPE VERY SOON

[Shocker Milwaukee]

Don't hold your breath.
If you really want color, buy an inkjet.

[musher70]

lightscribe is a fad anyways....

media is very rare...
burns take 30-40 minutes...

whats the point anyways?
epson dvd printers are now
only $80

[mol3000]

i really wouldnt care how long it took just to see it in color would be good enough for me. Dam i hope they do that very soon

[garryheather]

I wouldn't expect it in our lifetime - you're talking about burning a surface layer like you are when writing a disc - and how many different colours can you get on one recordable layer... ?

If you wanted more than one colour you're talking about burning different densities to get the colour(s) underneath, then the issue of how to achieve colours that aren't 100% one shade.

I think it's a novel idea but will go the same way as Yamaha's Disc T@2...

[Tidy]

Who says it would have to be filtered color. the disc could be coated with a substance that would change colors based on what intensity laser they were hit with. Just a thought but I totally agree, why would you want something slow and costly when you can run out and buy a DVD printer for less than a hundred bucks and be done with it.

[madking]

Maximum PC ( this month) said the color lightscribe should be out by X-Mas.

[redwudz]

This about color LightScribe: http://www.cdfreaks.com/news2.php?ID=12346

Or from the LightScribe website, a PDF: http://www.lightscribe.com/files/0901%20LS%20Color%20background%20release%20FINAL.pdf

Interesting technology, but unknown price. And it does take quite a while to write the B&W, unknown how long the color would take.

[garryheather]

The way I read those, I'd say we're still talking monochrome, but not just black on a gold background. From that article I reckon we will see black on a red background, black on a blue background...

... hardly colour, is it ?

[redwudz]

After looking at the PDF, yes, it looks like just different colored backgrounds, not fully colored images. I imagine full color would be possible, but it would have to be like three layers deep and the cost would likely be prohibitive. It would be nice, though.

[slacker]

Yes, they're simply colored backgrounds.

But don't knock it until you try it! All my dvd master burns I do on Lightscribe and everyone who sees them is very impressed. Lightscribe burned text and graphics should outlast inkjet by a wide margin (for now). Great for archiving. Next year, maybe some other new technology...

Best Buy just started carrying the new LG Super-Multi Lightscribe enabled drive. Nice!!!!

[lordsmurf]

Lightscribe to me is about as impressive as an Etch-a-sketch. The "ooo-aah" factor wears off in about 10 seconds.

[slacker]

ls,

I knew you'd say something like that!
To each his own!

[garryheather]

Lightscribe to me is about as impressive as an Etch-a-sketch. The "ooo-aah" factor wears off in about 10 seconds.

Hey, but wouldn't it be fun if you could erase a disc just by shaking it a few times ?