Here’s a tiny DVD burner from Freecom. It just plugs right into a USB of Firewire port and starts working right away — no wall outlet required and no drivers to install. It’ll handle blank DVD media of all flavors (including dual-layer and DVD-RAM) and it’s even got Lightscribe technology just in case you want to inscribe delicate and tender messages to everyone for whom you burn CDs and DVDs. It’s only available in the UK at the moment (89,99 GBP) but Freecom peddles its wares in the US too, mostly through Newegg and MobilePlanet, so we may see it show up in those fine locations someday. Mobile DVD RW Recorder [Freecom.com] → Read More
LG has dropped an external DVD writer with LightScribe that burns at 18x in Europe — of course. The LG GSA-E40N is powered by USB and the external Super-multi drive burns DVD±R media at 18x, DVD±R DL at 10x and DVD-RAM at 12x, CD-Rs at 48x and CD-RWs at super fast 32x. LG’s newest drive is Windows compatible and its tough outer shell allows you to place it vertically or horizontally. It’s priced at $92 in Europe. LG GSA-E40L 18X External DVD Writer with LightScribe [Far East Gizmos] → Read More
Until HP or some other company finds a way to make optical drives burn color images, these color LightScribe CD-Rs is as close as you’re going to get to adding color to your laser-etched labels. If you’re unfamiliar with LightScribe drives, it’s a technology built into optical drives that allows you to burn labels into the top of specially coated CDs and DVDs. Unfortunately they only burn grayscale images. So these Verbatim discs at least add green, blue, orange, red and yellow color to the backgrounds. Sold in 25 packs, Verbatim announced today volume shipments of the discs, which sell for $19.99. CD-R 80MIN 700MB 52X Color LightScribe 25pk Spindle [product site] → Read More
LightScribe, the CD etching mechanism used by various companies like LaCie, has finally been released for Mac. Although of seemingly limited use, the LightScribe drives can etch pictures or text onto your CDs, giving them a slightly more professional look than a Sharpie and your 8th-grade-level scrawling. Previous to this, Mac users could still use LightScribe drives, but they couldn’t etch their Superman Returns bootleg cover onto the front, leaving their CD collection woefully unmatched. Product Page [LaCie via Ars Technica] → Read More
