Pros: Reliable Recording
Best Uses: Movies
Describe Yourself: Enthusiast
Primary use: Personal

recommended

Adds some color to your DVD's, but still same slow burn time for lightscribe.

Pros: Reliable Recording, Fast Burn Time, Adequate Capacity, Good selection of colors
Best Uses: Dorm Room, Movies, Music, Back Up, Archiving and titling
Describe Yourself: Power User
Primary use: Personal

recommended

In terms of "compatibility", it definitely is compatible with DVD recorders - no problem there. My only (slight) caveat is that with my HP Lightscribe notebook, which I use to label DVD's after I've recorded them directly from my DVR, even with very latest drivers downloaded and installed, the HP Lightscribe software does not recognize this as Lightscribe. But when I go ahead and click on "Print" rather than "cancel" in the error message, it prints just fine. Maybe that's rare, but that's my experience. Just a slight annoyance, a constant error message and one quick extra step (of ignoring the message). The disks are durable, reliable and include a nice range of pastel and light colors for versatile use with the black & white etchings of Lightscribe. Great for color-coding sets, and much better than some other brands' colored DVD packs which include black and dark blue and can't be written on or read. Good product, a bit pricey perhaps, but good quality and selection.

Pros: Adequate Capacity, Highly Compatible
Best Uses: Back Up
Describe Yourself: Tech Savvy
Primary use: Personal

recommended

I have always bought Verbatim Blank media. I like the quality.

Pros: Fast Burn Time, Adequate Capacity, Reliable Recording, Highly Compatible
Best Uses: Music, Movies
Describe Yourself: Tech Savvy
Primary use: Personal

recommended

It so great to get the labels done right after the burn; it eliminates the mystery of discovering unknown discs and having to view or listen to them to find out why they were recorded in the first place!

Pros: Highly Compatible, Reliable Recording, Adequate Capacity
Best Uses: Movies, Back Up
Describe Yourself: Professional
Primary use: Personal

recommended

The color lightscribe disks are so much better than the older grey-scale ones. The burn has more color depth and almost has a touch of 3-D to them. If you are dealing with a multi colored image, it doesn't just burn the image in two shades (ie. green disk in a dark and light shade only), but it actually burns multiple shades of green. You have to see it to know what I mean. It's the next best thing to burning in multiple colors, which is the next upcoming technology for Lightscribe drives.