Philips Color LightScribe

We at CDFreaks would like to present an article over the ‘new” LightScribe Color Media. In this article we will take a look at the 5 different available colours (Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange and Red), and of course show you the results we got on them.

Introduction:

The following text is taken from the Philips website:

A quick and colorful way to customize your media

Next to improved labeling speed and sharper burned images, you can now color up your discs with the new LightScribe Color recordable media. You can choose among 5 new colors: blue, green, red, yellow and orange and make your discs unforgettable. Quickly burn your data, flip the disc and create a unique label; there’s nothing to it! All you need is the LightScribe Media, a LightScribe drive and the Nero burning software. Perfect for personalizing content, the Philips LightScribe discs provide users with a way to store information in a stylish and sophisticated design. For optimal results, Philips recommends the use of Philips LightScribe DVD rewriters.

The LightScribe Media:

Jewel case – front

Jewel case – back

Our Philips LightScribe Color media was obtained as a 10 pcs pack, and contains:

• 2 x LightScribe media with Blue surface
• 2 x LightScribe media with Green surface
• 2 x LightScribe media with Yellow surface
• 2 x LightScribe media with Orange surface
• 2 x LightScribe media with Red surface

A closer look at the Light Scribe media with Blue surface

If we take a closer look at the inner ring of the LightScribe media we can see a bar code indexing system, which the drive use to recognize the LightScribe surface and to read the manufacturer but also for the indexing (for later re-burns).

Let us also take a look at the manufacturer of the Data-Side of the CD-R media:

As we can see the CD-R media is made by Moser Baer.

Test machine:

For this article we will be using a computer with the following configuration:

Hardware:

• Motherboard: Asus A8V Deluxe
• Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ (Toledo)
• RAM: 1 GB Corsair Kit PC3200 DDR
• GFX: MSI GeForce 6600 GT
• Sound: Onboard Realtek AC’97
• Hard disk: Maxtor 6V300F0 300 GB (S-ATA)

LightScribe capable drive:

• BenQ DW1655

Software:

Windows XP Professional is installed on both computers along with Service Pack 2 for Windows XP. We will be using the following software:

• Ahead Nero CD/DVD Speed
• SureThing Labeler 4SE
• LightScribe ELCU