I mean its quite popular in prebuilds, but its not really known to be a great piece of tech. First time i used one i thought, wow, but i think its the decline of disks which makes it not that useful.
I bought a Lightscribe burner for my new build I figured what the hell. I really didn't think I'd use it much but I started and can't stop now. Yes the burn times for a full disc label is just under 20 minutes in the best mode. I like having the lightscribe labels they are a lot better and nicer looking then a sharpie or stick on label. It never rubs off or smears either. The disc are slightly more expensive still. At my local Walmart you get 20lightscribe disc for the price of 30 non-lightscribe disc. For something I'm going to keep that's not really a bad price.