HP Leaks Possibility of LightScribe Color

[Kougar]

HP's LightScribe technology might have more to offer in the near future

A recent document from HP reveals that the company may soon be ready to jump into the world of Lightscribe with color. (http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/fastFaqLiteDocument?lc=da&cc=dk&product=304663&dlc=da&docname=c00283651) LightScribe is one of several competing technologies that allow a CD or DVD recorder laser to burn an image onto the label side of the disc. The technology allows for grayscale recording, meaning there is some depth to the image burned onto the disc, but color still remains elusive.

Currently, a full disc image takes 36 minutes to burn on LightScribe media with just one color. This new color technology would need adoption from both the recorders and the disc media providers -- the dyes in the media would need to react to different wavelengths from the write laser to produce different colors.

News blurb is at http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=3276 (http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=3276)

http://images.dailytech.com/nimage/2073_lightscribe-my-music-image%20copy.png

[werty316]

I never like the light scribe technology and 36mins? Geeze not worth it. Whatever happened to the good ol' CD pen?

[GIBSON]

If they can speed up the time necessary and get it in real colour I'd might consider it, but for now, no. It looks a lot more better than a cd marker werty ;)