Saturday, October 18, 2014

Aleratec 300116 16x LightScribe V1.2 Duplicator Grade Rainbow DVD+R (100-Pack)

Aleratec 300116 16x LightScribe V1.2 Duplicator Grade Rainbow DVD+R
  • Compatible with LightScribe Direct Disc Labeling DVD/CD Duplicators, Recorders and Publishing Systems
  • Burn your data. Flip the disc. Burn a label directly onto your disc
  • No ink. No smudging. No Peeling. LightScribe labels are laser-etched using the same LightScribe-enabled drive that burns your data.
  • 20 each of Blue, Orange, Yellow, Green and Red color backgrounds

This product arrived in the time specified. Packaging was appropriate.

The videos recorded on this DVD (using DVD Studio Pro on Mac Pro) were less than perfect. On playback, there were random instances (about 12 or 15 in a 1+ hour movie) of small colored pixel groups flashed on the television screen which did not appear in the movie when it was created or played using Final Cut Pro and DVD Studio Pro. I have burned movies to other brands of DVDs without this happening. The sound was not affected.

When I tried to print (using Acoustica CD/DVD Label Maker on HP DV6000 laptop) the Lightscribe label on these colored DVD disks, I kept getting error messages and a link to download an update for the Lightscribe driver from HP's web site. HP's web site stated to only use gold/bronze Lightscribe disks. Uh oh. The update was installed but did not solve the problem. At this point I was contemplating having to return the rainbow colored DVDs.

I went to Lightscribe's web site and downloaded their drivers. Problem solved. The Lightscribe labels printed without error and the print quality was excellent.

I can live with the small pixel groups flashing on the screen for this project, but some projects must have perfect video recordings, and I'm not sure this brand can deliver consistently in that regard.

The imperfect quality of the video recording brought down this rating.

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