Lightscribe DVD player stopped writing DVD but can read?

I know the lens cleaning disc, but the lens cleaning software, i was interested in (rhetorical question )

 

dvd players are so cheap now way even bother.

 

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Getting lens cleaning software is kinda like downloading more memory for your pc. I had at one time a light scribe burner but never used it, I can't say I have heard anything good about them. They burn images very slowly... and only in shades of black

 

That's why i always used to use printable disks, just put them in a Canon Pixma disk printer and the results were stunning, but after the inkt was used up in my Pixma 925 series aio, i never got new inkt for it, as some already did post, the need for burned stuff is gone.

 

This is old technology and it is obsolete. As obsolete as a floppy this days.

Why bother with it if USB 3.x sticks of big size are very cheap now? Even a USB 2.0 device is faster than reading/writing to a CD or DVD.

Since about 2 years or maybe more i don't use any CD or DVD disc. Iso images can be extracted and run from USB devices (External HD, sticks, Micro-SD, etc), same goes for music, images and videos.

 

and still reliable, backing stuff up to dvd has got me out of the s**t many times. at some point i will look into blu ray for backup porpoises.

 

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Ive only had disc rot on dvd movies, year/2 years unplayable, WAMO, warner advanced media operations. Not had it on rewritable discs by tdk sony and verbatim.

 

You can buy a HDD of 2 TB capacity + a USB 3.x HDD enclosure, for less than the price of a blu ray read/write device + the blu ray discs required to get 2 TB storage.

And it can be plugged to any PC, not only the PC with a blu ray read/write device.

 

and a hdd/ssd/usb key can be easily wiped during a brain fart, this has happened on a few occasions. to erase a dvd i have to load nero, select erase disc.

optical discs are less susceptible to brain farts, even rewritables.

 

NAS

 

Had an antec mx1 external usb hdd enclosure, aint found much of decent quality lately

 

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I know that, nas's are expensive.

 

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I dont have a lot of space availible as it is and another pc will take up too much room so im looking at a laptop for internet and pc for workstation, a usb hdd box suits my needs better and the mx1 had a rather good built in cooler. will bide my time and see what crops up.

 

Didn't you post that picture with all the mainboards stocked up (or was it boyonthebus)? A bare 2 bay nas (synology) can be found for approx. 150 euro/dollar, drives can be as expensive as you like. No space needed, not the power consumption of a real pc either.

 

Yeah but stuff boxed up dont take much room, you need desk space for another pc. a test bench can quickly be put together and taken apart as and when needed. i'll find something suitable in time.

 

I meant, sell 2 boards and you have a NAS