Verbatim announces first Color-background LightScribe CD-R

Verbatim announced volume shipments of the first Color-background LightScribe CD-R media to the US market. Production of the new media, which began shipping to the US in November, was ramped up to make it more widely available in time for the holidays. Sold in 25-packs, each package includes five vibrantly colored red, green, blue, yellow and orange discs

Verbatim's Color-background LightScribe CDs were specifically designed for LightScribe-compatible drives and software licensed by Hewlett-Packard Company (HP). With more than 20 million LightScribe-enabled drives shipped to date, drives with the direct disc labeling technology account for more than 10 percent of all CD/DVD burners manufactured on a monthly basis.

Color-background LightScribe CD-R discs are label-compatible with all LightScribe-enabled drives. For optimized labeling, Verbatim recommends that users always upgrade their LightScribe system software to the latest version. Software and label gallery downloads are available at www.lightscribe.com.

To ensure broad playback support, Verbatim's complete family of LightScribe media is compatible with all current CD-R, DVD-R and DVD+R standards.