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• Lightscribe CD disc labeling now available in five colors
  Monday 18 December 2006 – 06:51
  Hewlett-Packard today announced the availability of color Lightscribe CDs, which join the plain grey etching on a gold background. The labeling is still a monochromatic process, but can now be applied to discs with red, orange, yellow, blue and green backgrounds.
• HP needs more discs for Lightscribe to keep edge, say disc makers
  Monday 18 September 2006 – 04:00
  Hewlett-Packard (HP) needs to convince more Taiwan-based makers of optical discs to increase production of Lightscribe CD-R and DVD discs in order to remain competitive against Labelflash, the other competing direct disc labeling technology, according to makers of optical discs in Taiwan.
• HP claims over 70 licensees of Lightscribe
  Friday 28 July 2006 – 04:43
  Hewlett-Packard (HP), in response to questions raised by Taiwan-based makers of optical disc drives (ODD) regarding the global adoption of its Lightscribe direct disc labeling technology, recently claimed it has won 25 new licensees, including Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics and TEAC, raising the total number of licensees to above 70, according to industry sources in Taiwan.
• Lightscribe DVD burner prices fall due to stagnant sales
  Friday 23 June 2006 – 04:28
  Retail prices of Lightscribe DVD burners in the Taiwan market have dropped by 7-10% because sales have fallen short of expections in tandem with booming sales of DVD burners without LightScribe functions, according to local retail channels.
• Lite-On IT said to ship 18x LightScribe DVD burners to HP in November
  Thursday 2 November 2006 – 01:22
  While Lite-On IT is expected to start shipping 18x DVD burners to Hewlett-Packard (HP) this month, the growing tension in competition between Lite-On IT, Hitachi-LG Data Storage (HLDS) and Toshiba-Samsung Storage Technology (TSST) facilitated OEM prices to further drop, according to sources at Taiwan-based optical disk drive (ODD) makers.

• LightScribe: Professional Labels in Your DVD Recorder!*
  Friday 1 July 2005 – 07:00
  With little left to differentiate DVD recorders, manufacturers are looking for new ways of staying ahead of their competitors. One such novelty is LightScribe, which lets a recorder actually label the CD or DVD directly. You can produce professional-style labels using the same laser that burns data, right inside your own CD/DVD drive! Is it worth it? Read on to find out.
• Labelflash vs LightScribe DVD/CD Labeling*
  Tuesday 14 February 2006 – 01:59
  Forget about labelling your DVDs and CDs with a magic marker: a new generation of burners and media that use LightScribe and Labelflash software offer promising results.