Tuesday, November 24th 2009
Lite-On DVD Writer with LabelTag Technology Reaches Retail
Optical disc drive specialist Lite-On shipped its internal DVD Writer drives featuring the LabelTag Technology. The Lite-On iHAS524 is touted by the company to be a high-speed burner with speeds of 24x for DVD+R/DVD-R discs, 12x for double-layer DVD+R/DVD-R, 8x for DVD+RW, and 6x for DVD-RW. The center of attraction is its LabelTag Technology, which inscribes labels onto the data-side of single-layer DVDs or CDs. The labeling is quick and easy since it's done while burning the discs. It features the SATA interface, and comes with Nero 8 OEM bundled. It is priced at 49 EUR.
Source:
TechConnect Magazine
13 Comments on Lite-On DVD Writer with LabelTag Technology Reaches Retail
Nice to see they finally got Nero 8 Express instead of Nero 7.
FUNNY... because what I though LightScribe was, Labeltag is. So to me this is nothing new or interesting, just learned that I should have patented this donkeys years back. Another million dollar opportunity lost again. LOL
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LabelTag
True, I would have liked it to be a Lightscribe burner with a top laser (no flipping) as it would apply to many more applications.
This is kind of useless technology, since I rarely don't fill up a CD/DVD when I'm burning them.
Yes, there are situations when this can be useful, but since you end up wasting space that could've been used for data instead, I don't see this as a mass market feature.
Shame that this wasn't part of the disc standard from day one with a specific part of the discs set aside for data, much like you get inscribed data on the clear plastic part on some pressed discs, now that would've been useful.