Posted by Tim V. on 05/10/06 18:45

Voinin <vboing@boing.biz> wrote in news:125d468b1dm5493@corp.supernews.com:

> 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.
>

I burn all video at 2x. I've found that gives me the most compatibility.
I've had too many instances where stuff burned at 4x will have read
errors whereas 2x will work perfectly. Top of the line blanks may
not have that problem, but better to be safe than sorry.

I'll burn data at faster speeds.

--
Tim.

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liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin

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