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Disc Writers Now Print the Label Too

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the it's-a-bout-time dept.

gardolas writes "Rippers and burners with an eye for design have a new way to smarten their image. Disc writers that can print images onto the label sides of the discs will hit the market next month. The LightScribe system has been developed by Verbatim and HP."

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  1. Obvious question, but... by Weaselmancer · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...how much extra does the media cost that'll let you write to the label side?

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    Weaselmancer
    rediculous.
  2. Fantastic! by bigtallmofo · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This will make it much easier to label the 42 DVD+Rs it takes to back up the home MiniDV digital camcorder videos I store on my computer.

    Now if only they'd do something silly, like agree on future DVD standards that actually might make a removable media device that keeps up with today's hard drive sizes, we'd be set. In the meantime, we now have been spared the torture of printing DVD labels on a separate device. That's something.

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    I'm a big tall mofo.
  3. Re:Next month? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Well it was next month, the first time /. ran this story.

  4. Removable drives by tepples · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Now if only they'd do something silly, like agree on future DVD standards that actually might make a removable media device that keeps up with today's hard drive sizes, we'd be set.

    There are two such standards: "USB hard drive" and "FireWire hard drive".