April 1st, 2008

Primera Technology is announcing an agreement with Charismac Engineering, Inc. for disc burning software that runs on Apple, Inc.’s Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard called Discribe v.6.0.

This is good news to any Mac user who wants to burn blu-ray and to use Primera’s products as well. Also it is news for anyone who is familiar with earlier of versions of Discribe, as the new software is completely rewritten.

The official press release from Primera:

PLYMOUTH, MN, USA (April 1, 2008) — Primera Technology, Inc., the world’s leading manufacturer of CD, DVD, and Blu-ray Disc duplication and printing equipment, today announced an agreement with Charismac Engineering, Inc. for disc burning software that runs on Apple, Inc.’s Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard operating system. Beginning April 1, 2008, Primera will include Charismac’s new Discribe v6.0 software in all Bravo-Series and XR-Series Disc Publishers.

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February 27th, 2008

Although I haven’t had a chance to personally test the RoboRacer yet, I have to give props to Aleratec on this one. They made the RoboRacer LS Fully Automatic Publisher look awesome, and they priced it right at under $1,000. I congratulate them on putting together a robotic duplicator and printer (lightscribe printing) quite nicely. The official word including media retail prices at the end of the article:

Aleratec Inc. introduces its innovative new DVD/CD RoboRacer LS, the simplest ever robotic autoloading disc publisher. For improved reliability, the Aleratec DVD/CD RoboRacer LS has fewer moving parts than any other robotic publisher. Yet, it is capable of unattended direct to disc LightScribe labeling and unattended disc duplication. Customers just connect it to a PC, load it with up to 100 blank LightScribe discs, use the powerful Aleratec Disc Publishing Software Suite included with purchase to select the disc image or label and start duplicating or labeling up to 100 discs automatically.

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February 11th, 2008

Aleratec Inc. announced its innovative new 1:3 Copy Cruiser Blu LS(tm), a LightScribe-enabled disc publisher supporting Blu-ray recording. The 1:3 Copy Cruiser Blu LS incorporates three, 6x, SATA Blu-ray drives that can simultaneously produce up to 3 silkscreen quality, direct to disc DVD or CD LightScribe labels or up to 3 Blu-ray, DVD or CD disc copies in record time. The 1:3 Copy Cruiser Blu LS has an eSATA connection to your computer for the most stable labeling and duplicating processes.

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January 29th, 2008

North Coast Interactive is proud to announce the immediate availability of UltraPrint-D™ Diamond Everest Printable Media. UltraPrint-D™ media is the latest addition to NCI’s industry leading line of Everest Printable Media products. The unique feature of the “D” series of CD-R media is the Diamond or “TrueSilver” data side. This is achieved through a specially processed dye layer which removes the greenish tint found in typical CD-R media. The end result is a disc which more closely resembles mass replicated or “glass mastered” discs.

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January 8th, 2008

Primera Technology, Inc. today announced the availability of its new PTRip Software.

PTRip gives users of Primera’s Bravo-Series Disc Publishers the ability to automatically load CDs into their Publishers’ built-in CD/DVD drives for importing audio tracks into Apple® iTunes or Microsoft® Windows Media Player. The program is simple to use and requires just three steps:

1. Place CDs into a Bravo-Series Disc Publisher’s input bin,
2. Launch PTRip,
3. Click “Load to iTunes” or “Load to Windows Media Player.”

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January 1st, 2008

We thought we’d take a second to wish everyone a happy and prosperous 2008. Happy New Year!

We have many new features planned for the site as well as the addition of several guest authors, so stay tuned for more CD and DVD media news!

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December 4th, 2007

As mentioned in a previous post we don’t usually talk about manufacturer specials, but when we hear about deals that go above and beyond we have to pass it along. One equipment manufacturer is offering a substantial gift for their December special, so we thought it was worth mentioning.

MF Digital is offering a 2 drive upgrade on their 2 drive Scribe duplicator when purchased with a Teac P55 Dye Sublimation printer. Given the price point of a 2 drive automated system to that of a 4 drive automated system, this December special saves you about $2,000. Not only is the special for a drive upgrade, but the new model increases your capacity from 300 discs to 500 discs.

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November 12th, 2007

Filed under “it’s about freaking time” is the long overdue announcement of color-background blank DVD-R and DVD+R media. What took so long? The fact that gold background media is currently the only option definitely hindered adoption by the masses, in my opinion.

Verbatim announced today the world’s first Color-background LightScribe 16x DVD-R and DVD+R media.

The new 4.7GB LightScribe DVDRs are available in shades of red, orange, yellow, blue and green in addition to the original gold color. Verbatim has begun shipping them in the US market in 25-packs which include five discs of each color.

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September 19th, 2007

LaCie has announced the shipping of its new Portable DVD±RW Drive with LightScribe.

The stylish, slim drive was designed exclusively for LaCie by designer Sam Hecht, and was created with a focus on pure design. Measuring in at less than one inch tall, and one pound in weight the FireWire or USB 2.0 bus-powered LaCie Portable DVD±RW Drive offers mobility for Mac, Windows or Linux operating systems.

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September 6th, 2007

I’ve had my eye on LightScribe direct disc labeling since it was first announced because I truly feel that the technology could be huge. Having a duplicator tower that burns and “prints” (more like labels) is not only really convenient, but it saves valuable space in a production environment as well.

It looks like LightScribe has improved the print resolution via a free upgrade to the label software, and according to the article below they’re now claiming silkscreen quality? I haven’t seen these first hand, but I think that it would be pretty tough to match a four color print process like silkscreen just by laser etching an image onto a disc. Hmmm…looks like I’ll have to test and provide a review here.

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