The recorder burns CD-R/CD-RW, DVD-5 (single layer)RW and DVD-9 (double layer)R media.
LaCie licensed the technology from HP and developed the affordable d2 DVDRW 16x Double Layer FireWire drive. Luckily, Hewlett-Packard invented LightScribe technology, a professional looking alternative to all of the above. One can get by using a permanent marker for personal use or sharing with family and friends, but if you need to look remotely professional (weddings, demo reels, etc.,) the Sharpie is not going to cut it. Ink printing technology has really come a long way in the last couple of years, but that involves expensive ink cartridges. Yet we continue to see these 5-inch, home-burned optical discs with paper glued to the top of them.
'Do not use paper labels on your DVD,' we say in our magazine, at our seminars, at our Expos and just about anywhere else we can say it.
