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Thread #130414 Message #2934729
Posted By: Maryrrf
25-Jun-10 - 02:07 PM
Thread Name: CD printing ?
Subject: RE: CD printing ?
I hate to say this, but I think the reason we're not seeing a proliferation of CD printers, and the reason Lightscribe seems to be fading into obscurity, is that CDs are on their way out. People tend to save files to flash drives nowadays, and listen to their music on MP3 players - downloading (hopefully legally) the tracks they want. I had to get a new computer recently - my HP with Lightscribe died. I didn't want another HP, and no other brands had any kind of CD burning capability. But I use Lightscribe a lot, so I bought an inexpensive external CD drive that had it. There is a program that is similar, and I can't remember the name right now, but you can only use it for DVDs - Lightscribe CDs are not compatible. When I was explaining my need for Lightscribe to the teenager who waited on me at Best Buy, he seemed mystified at why people would be using CDs for music, or for any other kind of media storage, for that matter. I finally explained "What about old folks that play folk music, and the only time they sell their music is at gigs when people buy their CDs?" "Oh" he said, "I get it - my grandfather still listens to his CD player a lot".