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From: notbob on 30 Jan 2010 16:34 I'm looking at external usb dvd/cd player burners. Mostly interested in fast AC pwr Plextor models. I keep seeing all these variations that provide features like Qflix and Lightscribe, etc. What are these? I google, but get mostly corporate hype instead of basic English explanations. What are these variations? Not really interested in video, but if one would be helpful in recording a flic I payed for on cable, that might be handy. I read one review that said I gotta pay fer Qflix, but found no more info. Howzabout some straight answers. Thnx. nb
From: Joe Pfeiffer on 30 Jan 2010 17:15 notbob <notbob(a)nothome.com> writes: > I'm looking at external usb dvd/cd player burners. Mostly interested > in fast AC pwr Plextor models. I keep seeing all these variations > that provide features like Qflix and Lightscribe, etc. What are > these? I google, but get mostly corporate hype instead of basic > English explanations. What are these variations? Not really > interested in video, but if one would be helpful in recording a flic I > payed for on cable, that might be handy. I read one review that said > I gotta pay fer Qflix, but found no more info. Howzabout some > straight answers. Thnx. Lightscribe lets you burn a "label" onto the non-media side of the CD/DVD. Requires both a Lightscribe burner and media. -- As we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and this we should do freely and generously. (Benjamin Franklin)
From: Lusotec on 30 Jan 2010 19:09 Joe Pfeiffer wrote: > notbob writes: >> I'm looking at external usb dvd/cd player burners. Mostly interested >> in fast AC pwr Plextor models. I keep seeing all these variations >> that provide features like Qflix and Lightscribe, etc. What are >> these? I google, but get mostly corporate hype instead of basic >> English explanations. What are these variations? Not really >> interested in video, but if one would be helpful in recording a flic I >> payed for on cable, that might be handy. I read one review that said >> I gotta pay fer Qflix, but found no more info. Howzabout some >> straight answers. Thnx. > > Lightscribe lets you burn a "label" onto the non-media side of the > CD/DVD. Requires both a Lightscribe burner and media. I have used the lightscribe feature a few times. Lighscribe produces acceptable results for high contrast text labels but with low and high contrast images and the results are mediocre. It may be that my drive is not particularly good. Any way, with a printer the results are far superior and with color. As for Qflix, I have no idea what that is. Regards.
From: Henrik Carlqvist on 31 Jan 2010 05:50 notbob <notbob(a)nothome.com> wrote: > I keep seeing all these variations that provide features like Qflix and > Lightscribe, etc. What are these? Qflix: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qflix In short it seems to be a technology where you pay extra to be able to do less. Why would anyone want to buy special DVD media whose only function is that once written to it would not be possible to make copies of them? regards Henrik -- The address in the header is only to prevent spam. My real address is: hc3(at)poolhem.se Examples of addresses which go to spammers: root(a)localhost postmaster(a)localhost
From: notbob on 31 Jan 2010 11:10
On 2010-01-31, Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist(a)deadspam.com> wrote: > less. Why would anyone want to buy special DVD media whose only function > is that once written to it would not be possible to make copies of them? I wouldn't. Apparently, in my hurry to skim the wiki page, I missed the point-blank crux of, "to add CSS copy protection/DRM to recordable DVD-R media.". DOH! OTOH, seems pretty dumb marketing approach. "Here, buy this product to limit what you can do" There's gotta be an upside. I'm at a loss to see what it is. nb |