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Lite On External Slim 8x DVD+/-RW/ Lightscribe (DX-8A1H-05) Review

Lite On External  Slim 8x DVD+/-RW/ Lightscribe (DX-8A1H-05)
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This DVD/CD Reader/Burner is a good product. I got this one because it needs to be plugged in. I didn't want one that would drain the power off of my Laptop battery. This product is very reasonably priced and works well, my only complaint is that it is a bit slow.

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LaCie 16X LIGHTSCRIBE DL D2 EXT DVDRW FW w/ Toast Titanium ( 300786 ) Review

LaCie 16X LIGHTSCRIBE DL D2 EXT DVDRW FW w/ Toast Titanium ( 300786 )
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I recently bought one of the LaCie DVD burners with Lightscribe, in order to burn DVDs that I had created using iDVD on my Macintosh. However, every time I tried burning a disc I would get an error message. I spoke to LaCie's customer service who said "We don't support iDVD, only Toast. Call Apple." I was not very pleased with this response. Since LaCie markets heavily to Mac users, and iDVD is the main program for creating DVDs on the Mac, I was surprised at this lack of support. I called Apple, who basically said that it sounded like a problem with the DVD burner. Since I had tried this on two different computers, I agreed. I was ready to return the unit when I did some further Internet searching. Turns out that there is a simple solution for using iDVD: in iDVD, after you're done assembling the DVD, go to "Save as disc image" (under File menu). This creates a disk image on your desktop (can take a few hours). When it's done, open the disk image, make sure it works (using DVD player), then use Toast to copy the disk image to a DVD. Works well.
I'm surprised that the Tech support at LaCie didn't know enough about their burners to tell me this!

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LaCie 16x DVD+/-RW DL LightScribe Toast 7 Titanium FireWire (300979U) Review

LaCie 16x DVD+/-RW DL LightScribe Toast 7 Titanium FireWire (300979U)
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Somewhat disappointed in product. I have a power MAC G4 running Apple OSX 10.4, and the LaCie DVD drive won't play DVD's on the computer. I bought it partly to play DVD's, but the Apple website that LaCie recommended to download a program from Apple that would allow DVD's to play was shut down - permanently. No downloadable programs that would allow the LaCie drive to play DVD's I recorded on a MAC G4 Quicksilver are known to me to be available.
Jan Reed

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LG GP08LU10 8x DVD±RW Slim Super Multi Drive with LightScribe Review

LG GP08LU10 8x DVD±RW Slim Super Multi Drive with LightScribe
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I bought this drive specifically for use with one of my Windows-based pcs. It works great with that, which I expected, and the windows software that comes with the drive is also wonderful and most welcome.
I did not, however, expect that it would work with my Macbook 1.83 gHz Core2 Duo. My internal optical drive is dying, and while it's pretty easy to use a network drive for installs and stuff, it's definitely not as convenient to go back and forth to the other desk. The documentation and all but one of the reviews were pretty clear that this was not a Mac-friendly product, so I was pleasantly surprised when the Mighty MacBook jumped right on playing the music cd in the drive.
I was even MORE surprised when it burned a DVD under the native/finder/disk burning application (no third party software involved at all).
And I was elated to learn that LightScribe had free downloads for the Mac, but I didn't really expect them to work in Snow Leopard.
But they do. AND it plays movies in the DVD player software. I don't know for certain whether my version of dvd player is the one that shipped with my macbook, or whether it's something that was bundled with my snow leopard disk, but movies open right up - impressively fast, as a matter of fact.

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LaCie 301483U 22X USB2.0 D2 DVD-RW DL with Lightscribe Review

LaCie 301483U 22X USB2.0 D2 DVD-RW DL with Lightscribe
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My Superdrive died so needed an easy replacement - took a risk because there's no indication that it works w/ Mac, but recognized it just fine. Just wanted to post because I couldn't find any info online about compatibility.

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LaCie d2 DVD±RW with LightScribe 16x Review

LaCie d2 DVD±RW with LightScribe 16x
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There is no denying Lacie makes a great set of products - nice brushed alumanum casing, drives that sense when the computer turns on and off - and its compatible with both Mac and PC. I happen to use both.
Burning CDs is a cinch (I have yet to do a DVD) and the Lightscribe program gives you a good basic set of tools to create labels for your CD. People with greater needs for graphic and type control will probably want to import their CD labels into the Lightscribe program rather than rely on the basic presets and type controls controls that went out of style ten years ago. So far though, I'm satisfied - and the lightscribe program is only version 1.0 so there's going to be an upgrade sooner or later.
The reason that this didn't get 5 stars is because the software came on a DVD. Here I am with two computers, both of them with a CD-ROM drive, and they couldn't fit 123 MB of programs on one CD. By e-mail they suggested I put the disk in the drive, and it would be automatically recognised. Wrong. Luckily, I have access to a DVD drive on another computer, and I burned a CD-ROM image of the offending DVD. Loaded the software in that way and got the thing working.
It's a shame that software and hardware vendors assume everyone has the latest and greatest gadgets humming at their desks.

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Box includes: 6-to-6 pin FireWire cable & USB 2.0 cable, Power supply, DVD Utilities CD containing User's manual, 1 piece CDR LightScribe media, 1 piece 16x DVD+R media The Lacie D2 DVD+RW / DVD-RW Recorder with LightScribe is an incredible all-in-one rewritable drive. Connect it to your PC or integrate it into an audio equipment rack for the most versatile CD and DVD burner around. It supports multiple formats, including the new 8.5GB Double-Layer DVDs. The custom LightScribe labeling technology burns silkscreen-quality images onto your disc -- using the same laser that burns the data. It's the most unique and flexible burner available. High-speed CD-RW compatibility Supports Double-Layer burning2MB buffer Hi-Speed USB and FireWire Comes bundled with Easy CD & DVD Creator 6.2, Easy Media Creator 7, DVDMax Player and LaCie LightScribe Labeler Requirements(PC) -500 MHz G4 processor, 256MB RAM, Mac OS 9.1 or higher(LightScribe Printing requires Mac OS X 10.3 or greater)Requirements(Mac) -500 MHz Pentium 3 processor, 256MB RAM, Windows 98SE or higher (2000 or XP required for LightScribe printing) Dimensions(WxHxD) - 6.3 x 1.7 x 10.6 (17.3 x 4.4 x 26.8 cm)

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LaCie USB 2.0 Portable 8x DVD RW Drive with Lightscribe for Macs 301486 Review

LaCie USB 2.0 Portable 8x  DVD RW Drive with Lightscribe for Macs 301486
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The DVD drive in my iMac has been broken for some time and I needed to find a reasonably priced external drive so I could upgrade to Snow Leopard. I found the LaCie drive at Microcenter and it works very well. It was easy to set up, my Mac recognized the drive right away and the install to the new OS was flawless. I haven't used it for much beyond that, but it seems to be a solid product.

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LaCie 301484U 22X d2 DVDRW DL Lightscribe USB2.0 and FireWire US Review

LaCie 301484U 22X d2 DVDRW DL Lightscribe USB2.0 and FireWire US
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I purchased the LaCie D2 DVD Firewire Burner with Lightscribe® more than a year ago to use with my Apple iMac. I bought it so I could give my photo customers a custom looking DVD of their paid for images. I only used it a couple of times because the packaged Lightscribe® software didn't always recognize the the burner. I would have to cycle the power many times before it would finally "see" the burner and work. After many months of not using it, I thought by now Lacie would have released a fix for the problem, but they don't even recognize there is a problem. According to the blogs it is a very common problem even with their USB ext HD's. I've tried uninstalling the software, updating the software and reloading it, but nothing. It is a very nice looking, stylish unit, but that does me no good as a paper weight! The few times it worked it worked perfectly. This problem seem to exist between both the Apple and MS platform with either USB or Firewire. I can't recommend this product with a clear conscience to anyone especially when you can't even depend on LaCie for technical assistance.
This is an update to the above posted review: A week after I posted the above review I sent the burner back to LaCie to be repaired it is now working perfectly every time. The folks at LaCie was great. My unit was out of warranty, but they repaired it free of charge and shipped it back to me. The repair did not require any parts just labor. Apparently they had to flash or upgrade the firmware. It now works better than it did when I first purchased it. My Mac "see's" it each and every time I turn it on.

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Livescribe 4 GB Pulse Smartpen Review

Livescribe 4 GB Pulse Smartpen
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Wow! This is truly an extraordinary technological wonder and products like this don't come along often - I'm certain that it will change the manner in which I study. While the Livescribe 4GB is rather expensive, its abilty to record notes, while seamlessly attaching audio to those notes is simply amazing. I've been using Microsoft's OneNote for most of the classes I've been taking recently - and that has been a fairly good product, but the ability of Livescribe to literally record your handwritten notes, attach audio to them, and then allow you to go back and review those notes (with audio) - all without the use of a laptop is simply phenomenal!
While the software that comes with the pen is sufficient, there are a few limitations that I suspect will be improved in future versions. The most notable problem seems to be the need to have a special notebook for each class (as one cannot, yet, separate existing Livescribe files into smaller units). Just the same, it's possible to examine the files on a computer although the the included software program is required to use all of the available functions when viewing/listening to files. Files can also be exported in a variety of formats (again, not all features will be available dependent upon how your files are exported) such as .pdf and Flash. While this may be a bit of an inconvenience, for me, this device is absolutely wonderful.
Another cool feature is the ability to upload your notes to a special location so that they may be shared with others - I've already tried doing this (as a test) with someone I know who is not very techogically savy and, again, the results were very cool!
I'm certainly going to show this to others I know (especially students) - this pen is certainly going to help many, many students.

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The Livescribe 4 GB Pulse Smartpen makes it easy to take notes without lugging your laptop around. With the ability to record everything you hear, say, and write, this handy tool links your audio recordings to your notes to help you retain and organize important information. And it's easy to use--to replay the recorded audio, simply tap directly on your notes.
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Livescribe 2 GB Pulse Smartpen Review

Livescribe 2 GB Pulse Smartpen
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This is an excellent pen in its own right - extremely reliable right up until the cartridge runs out of ink, but additionally adds a great deal of utility in terms of being able to do voice recordings and get what is essentially a movie of yourself writing while recording sound. The pen is tremendously under-marketed by Livescribe and (in my opinion) most people are not really made aware of its full potential. The only way to really get what it's capable of is to watch some of the video reviews on Youtube.
Features I would like to see on future pens include better battery monitoring (currently, the meter is a little inaccurate), ink level monitoring and a small, compact tool for removing spent ink cartridges. Also, it would be nice if I could charge the pen with something more common like micro USB rather than the proprietary dock.

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Capture Everything - The Pulse smartpen records audio and links it what you write. Missed something? Tap on your notes or drawings with the tip of your Pulse smartpen to hear what was said while you were writing.No Need to Lug the Laptop - The Pulse smartpen automatically captures everything as you write and draw. Transfer your notes to your computer, organize them, and even search for words within your notes. Find what you want in seconds.Share Your Notes - Transform your notes and audio into interactive movies. Upload your creations online for everyone to see, hear and play.What You Get• The Pulse smartpen (1.3 ounces, anodized aluminum housing)• 2 GB of memory (actual user available memory will be less)• Livescribe Desktop software (download)• 3-D Recording Headset• 50 sheet dot paper lined notebook• USB mobile charging cradle• Smartpen case• 1 black fine point ink cartridge• Interactive Getting Started Guide• Tips & Tricks GuideWhat You Need• Windows XP™ 32-bit SP2 or higher, Windows Vista™ 32 or 64-bit operating system, or Intel Mac with Mac OS X 10.5.5 or newer • 600MHz CPU or higher• 300 MB minimum free disk space• Available USB port• Internet connectionThe Pulse smartpen works only with Livescribe dot paper.

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