LightScribe = Choppy DVD ?

GT wrote on 2/10/2006, 8:25 AM

I Burned hundreds on my Pionier A-08 using( - R) Media w/o any problems. After I tried out HP LightScribe burner I have 90% returns - Choppy DVD playback.
I tried out HP+R and HP-R media
and
I tried burn LightScribe label on HP and film on Pionier .
Any ideo what is wrong ?

Comments

reidc wrote on 2/10/2006, 8:40 PM

I have a new La Cie Lightscribe burner and have burned several DVDs but haven't tested them all yet. However, I HAVE noticed significant instability on the first one I burned. A week or so after I burned it, and for what reason I'm not quite sure, I noticed that it's layers were literally separating, peeling away from one another. I'm guessing it was the print layer that was coming apart, and perhaps extreme temperature variation had something to do with it (long story), but there were no such problems with the regular DVDs I had with me, and no problems with the other HP Lightscribe DVDs I had in the pile. This leads me to believe that there may generally be instability with the medium, and this might exhibit itself in the way you describe.

Coursedesign wrote on 2/10/2006, 10:49 PM

Don't you need special Lightscribe-compatible disks?

DGates wrote on 2/11/2006, 1:33 AM

Lightscribe's a joke. What at one time seemed promising, has turned into a pain in the butt. LONG label burn times, etc. It ain't worth it.