Posted by Voinin on 11/16/47 11:46

Silicon Sam wrote:
> Yeah, I have some TY made Sony's rated at 8X that will burn at 12X.
> Speed is no concern to me, so all mine get burnt at 4X. Just ordered
> 300 of the TY 4X's from Meritline. They support 8X burn as well. Free
> Shipping, they work out to around 24 cents each. TY is supposed to be
> the benchmark in blank DVD's
>
> I have a PC and a Mac, so when my PC is duping a DVD, I flip the
> switch and use the Mac in the meantime.

My question wasn't so much if you could burn them slower or anything
like that. What I want to know is what criteria do the manufactures use
to determine max burn speed of a disc. I generally burn at 8X on all
discs that support faster speeds.

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