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- Thread starter Alan
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Yeah will be phoning them it seems. Jeez today I've been putting up with cr@p from 3 companies and maid problems so I'm about to blow. The poor SOB who pushes me over the edge today is in for a show
kronoSX
Honorary Master
firstly enable the light scribe service in the admin section.It might be set to off by default which is weird but try that
ld13
Honorary Master
I've found what the problem is. The barcode sticker thingy states it's a H55N and the sticker on the drive also states it as a H55N. The H55N is not Lightscribe compatible.
So some idiot put a H55N drive in a H55L box
lol dablakmark8
ld13
Honorary Master
LOL
What did they invoice you for?
An LG H55L DVD Writer.
That is why I hardly ever buy online - if you had got that thing from Makro they would have swopped it out with no questions asked - what did you pay for it BTW cause Makro had them on special for R699. R799 normal price.
TiredOfWaiting
Expert Member
Are those external writers?
killadoob
Honorary Master
holy crap 800 bucks for a dvd writer with lightscribe
wow thats what u call getting it up the arse
wow thats what u call getting it up the arse
Yep, sorry should have mentioned that, they are externals.
LoneGunman
Expert Member
just as a side thought. Finally bought some 'lightscribe' disks, and tried out burning some dvd's - damn, its not very good as a technology.
The quality on lightscribe is totally dull.
I'd been hoping for photo-realistic sharp blacks and whites - instead, its this cruddy dull sheen over everything. Its great perhaps for putting a smart-looking title on something, for home use - but in terms of a high quality pro-look on a disk you want to send to someone to sell yourself, nope, its just not good enough.
I've tried reburning the same label 2 times, to darken the burn, but yeurgh - no good.
Not impressed with the lightscribe stuff, at all.
Seems that printed CD labels would appear to be the way to go, for a professional presentation look to any disks.
(my two cents worth)
The quality on lightscribe is totally dull.
I'd been hoping for photo-realistic sharp blacks and whites - instead, its this cruddy dull sheen over everything. Its great perhaps for putting a smart-looking title on something, for home use - but in terms of a high quality pro-look on a disk you want to send to someone to sell yourself, nope, its just not good enough.
I've tried reburning the same label 2 times, to darken the burn, but yeurgh - no good.
Not impressed with the lightscribe stuff, at all.
Seems that printed CD labels would appear to be the way to go, for a professional presentation look to any disks.
(my two cents worth)
@LoneGunman
I also think it's a waste of time...takes way to long.
Have you tried: The contract utility on the lightscribe webpage.
Also, DVD's don't look worse than CDs when using lightscribe, CD's look quite a lot better.
I also think it's a waste of time...takes way to long.
Have you tried: The contract utility on the lightscribe webpage.
Also, DVD's don't look worse than CDs when using lightscribe, CD's look quite a lot better.
LoneGunman
Expert Member
@xrapidx - thanks for that. I see its an Oct 2007 release. I'll give it a try. Still, I dont hold out much hope for it making it as good as what I want -but I have a whole spindle (50 or so) of the stupid lightscribe disks, so it cant hurt to fiddle. Cost I think the equiv of about R180 for a load of them - gawd knows what they're charging in SA for them..