HP 640VI Lightscribe 16X Dual/Double DVD-RW

list price: $83.99
our price: $92.99

SKU: HP640VI

Sales Rank: 10154

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Product Description

Personality to Burn! HP 640i DVD Writer with LightScribe Software Add your own personality and flair to your photo, video and music collections. HP’s dvd640i DVD writer, with LightScribe software included, allows you to create labels adorned with professional looking images and text for each DVD or CD your burn. This internal, double-layer DVD±R/±RW drive gives you a simple, affordable way to conveniently preserve, transport and share you videos, photos and music. You can store up to 8.5 GB of data, video, music and more on one double-layer disc! That’s almost twice as much as single-layer DVDs hold. And if you want to personalize your DVDs and CDs, simply flip your LightScribe disc over and burn your label! It’s as simple as that! No more pens, printers or peeling paper. HP’s dvd640i DVD writer - giving you personality to burn at an incredibly low price.

Product Specification

Brand:: LiteOn
EAN:: 0844149030500
Feature:: 2 MB buffer
Internal, double-layer DVD±R/±RW drive; also burns CDs
Store up to 8.5 GB of data, video, music and more on one double-layer disc
Burn a CD or DVD, then flip the disc over and burn on a durable, permanent label that won't peel off or get sticky and jam in your DVD writer/reader
40x CD-R, 8x DVD-R, 2.4x DVD+R dual-layer
Manufacturer:: Lite On
Model:: HP640VI
NumberOfItems:: 1
ProductGroup:: CE
Title:: HP 640VI Lightscribe 16X Dual/Double DVD-RW
UPC:: 844149030500
MPN:: HP640VI

Customer Reviews

A speedy slow-poke

I purchased the drive because I was interested in the Lightscribe labeling capabilities but I found a more significant and useful feature was the much faster read times compared to the DVD-ROM drive that it replaced.As for the Lightscribe features, printing is slow, the media is expensive and the label has low contrast text and graphics.The lowest contrast (least legible) print setting for a simple two-line text label takes about 5 minutes to print.A high contrast (most legible) text and graphic...

9/12/2005 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews

Buy it elsewhere!

NOTE THAT I'M RATING AMAZON, NOT THE DRIVE, BECAUSE I'M STILL WAITING FOR IT.I intentionally paid a little more ($90.99) and ordered directly from Amazon, rather than one of their subvendors, because they claimed the drive shipped within 24 hrs, the quickest availablity I found.(Subvendor Tiger Direct, for example, charges $7 less but takes 1-2 weeks.)It's been a week and it hasn't even shipped yet, with no explanation. So much for 24 hrs....I've been an Amazon customer for years...heck, I used...

8/29/2005 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews

Burner is Junk is and the HP support for this product is laughable!

This review is of the HP DVD640e (same as the i - only external) Bought the burner 4 days ago - and I loved it!!! Burnt 8 discs in row and was completely amazed at the lightscribe! (it is slow and could be better - but hey it's new!)....... AND THEN on the third day.... disc failure one after another and the error message so helpful (try another brand of disc, make sure the disc is clean, etc!) Are they kidding?I tried creating iso's and then burning that - I did the "C" firmware upgrade - I tried...

8/20/2005 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews

Solid performance but software could be better

Note:This review is on the external version of this drive, the 640e.The products are the same except that the external drive has both USB 2.0 and 1394 connections. It also ships with six Lightscribe DVD blank discs.Naturally, the power supply and all cables are included, too.First, as a DVD writer, this works as advertised.The copies are quick (depending upon the speed of the media used, of course)and the number of failed copies has been very low relative to the drive that is in my desktop PC (and...

8/11/2005 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews

Lot's of failed burns

I am on my second drive now, the first had to be sent back. It barely worked and finally the tray wouldn't even open. The first and current drive had many failures. I mostly burn DVD's of home movies and have had to throw out as many DVD's as have been successfully burned. I now use the lightscribe for labeling only. I have burned one good label out of 1 attempt on the replacement drive, the first drive failed 2 out of 3 attempts. The old Plextor external DVD drive has been much more reliable burning...

5/31/2005 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews