Question 1

This drive only speaks about a SATA connection.  Is it a 6G or 3G compatible or does it make a difference?

Accepted Answer

now save the 6g for your drives and use the 3g for dvd and blu-ray burners, the sata handles the buss speed fine..my units run great like this, hope this helps

Question 2

The description says that this drive will read HD-DVDs.  Has anyone tried this, or it is another false feature like Lightscribe?

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I don't believe it does.  The i-omagic web page for the burner does not mention HD-DVD.  This is what it does list:

IBD1 SPECIFICATIONS 
[BD] WRITE: BD-R/R-DL/RE/ RE-DL/ROM: 14x / 12x / 2x / 2x 
[BD] READ: BD-R/R-DL / RE / RE-DL / ROM: 12x / 8x / 8x / 6x / 12x 
[DVD] WRITE: DVD +/-R / R-DL / DVD +/-RW: 16x / 8x / 8x / 6x 
[DVD] READ: DVD ROM / DVD+RW/-RW / DL: 16x / 12x 
[CD] WRITE: CD-R / CD-RW : 48x / 24X 
[CD] READ: CD-ROM / CD-RW: 48x / 40x

The drive will play high definition video only from Blu-Ray discs as far as I can tell.  I don't have any HD-DVD discs to try it with, however. And yeah, I really wish it had Lightscribe.  I bought a separate DVD burner - used - to accomplish that.

Question 3

This drive describes as Lightscribe Support which to me means it will burn to lightscribe dvd's?

Accepted Answer

After installing the drive, I discover it did not have any lightscribe support. Could not label a lightscribe disk. Advertising is misleading.

Question 4

Does it support writing labels on lightscribe disc?
I don't see the "LightScribe LOGO" on the drive front.

Accepted Answer

Thanks for your help...

Question 5

Can anyone tell me if they have been able to use the "Lightscribe" function with this drive?

Accepted Answer

This is a Blu-ray drive and Does Not have Lightscribe function.  For that I bought another drive that does have Lightscribe which can be put in your computer or an external enclosure.

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