HP LightScribe DVD burner

My HP laptop came with a LightScribe enabled DVD burner. I had never used this technology before. So, needless to say, it greatly surpassed writing my disc titles with a Sharpie marker. I was impressed by the quality of the burned image, it is very sharp and clear. I had to control myself so I wouldn't spend hours designing the picture on the PC. After all, it is just a label. I found a couple of sites with free labels: lightscribe.com and supermediastore.com, and there are many others on Google.
On the downside, the image burning process can be lengthy (about 40 minutes) for a full label image using the maximum quality mode. And the price of blank CDs and DVDs that are Lightscribe enabled is about double the price of the regular media, 15$ for 10 single layer DVDs.

What is LightScribe?

LightScribe technology is used to burn labels on recordable CDs and DVDs. It was developed and licensed by HP . Right now, it is only available in black and white but HP is working on a color version. But the discs are available in different colors. The same burner that is used to burn data on the disc is used to burn the label. Just turn the disc over, choose and customize the label and press burn. It is as easy as that. Many free designs are available online and can be tweaked easily with the right software. Nero and Sonic are two common softwares that can be used to personalize the labels from a template or from your own pictures.