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| Can you burn at higher than the media advertised speed? | ||
| tamgelikah posted 2004 Aug 26 13:22 | ||
| A true newbie question .... If I buy a 12x writer but the media (say TDK) is at 4x will I be able to burn at 12x or be limited by the 4x on the media. | ||
| Bodyslide posted 2004 Aug 26 13:27 | ||
| Certain media and firmware version's of your burner may allow the media to be burned faster. I use Prodisc S03 which are 4X, and a pioneer 107, which is an 8X burner with the newest firmware 1.18 and it burns up to 8x. | ||
| DVD_Ripper posted 2004 Aug 26 13:28 | ||
| i have seen many threads were people are burning 4x media at 8x and 2x media at 4x.
Some recent Fuji 2x discs I bought are burning at 4x on my TDX Burner with updated firmware. Beware of possible read errors when burning discs faster than what they are rated. | ||
| Capmaster posted 2004 Aug 26 13:45 | ||
| Moved to Media forum
The contradiction I see is folks who use "deep analysis" in DVDShrink, then "push" their media to double its rated speed 
If they're willing to accept the defects pushing the media could cause, why bother with deep analysis? A bit like polishing a turd. | ||
| aanaravs posted 2004 Aug 26 18:56 | ||
| I can burn TYs and TDKs at 8x, but I would definitely not reccomend it, since the error rate could be a little too high. | ||
| Capmaster posted 2004 Aug 26 19:38 | ||
| Especially since there's no good reason. I mean really, what's the difference if it takes 7 minutes to burn or 4? I'd rather let it take more time and not overheat the dye. Then I know that DVD will still be good in a year or two.
I'm burning at 4X now with 4X G04 media. Plenty fast at 15 minutes/burn :wink: | ||
| jimmalenko posted 2004 Aug 26 19:42 | ||
| Probably a personal preference I think. As mentioned, it can be done, but individual results may vary dependant on media used. | ||
| Capmaster posted 2004 Aug 26 20:28 | ||
Definitely. My way is good for me only. Someone else's way is the best for him :wink: Live and let live, as they say. Funny, but not too long ago we were struggling just to get good 1X burns, and now .... :shock: What a great hobby :wink: | ||
| Bodyslide posted 2004 Aug 26 20:35 | ||
| I always burn my media at 6X. | ||
| skaleton posted 2008 Sep 18 16:47 | ||
| By mistake I burned a Verbatim DVD+R DL 2.4x @ 4x, so i was glad to find this thread.
From what was written above, can I conclude that if ImgBurn verifies OK and it plays OK, then I should not worry about it? | ||
| victoriabears posted 2008 Sep 18 17:19 | ||
| As another poster has commented, what the fricking hurry ! | ||
| craigarta posted 2008 Sep 18 21:36 | ||
| Boy I'll say my old NU DDW-082 still works and it has a max of 8X but I burn stuff at 2.4X espcailly game discs.
Yah my Sony DRU-840A can burn 16X DVD's at 18X but I have seen errors and I have noticed that slow and easy is always better in the long run | ||
| lordsmurf posted 2008 Sep 19 03:27 | ||
| A 4-year-old post was bumped? | ||
| sambat posted 2008 Sep 19 04:57 | ||
No, it was commented on by a member and someone doing a search would find all of the comments useful. |
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