Is slower better or doesn't it matter?

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My DVD Drive is capable of 64X Speed, and I have DVDs that are capable of 16X Speed. Now Im often burning stuff, and I usually burn at 4X speed because I've heard that if you burn it too fast, you can get data corruption. Is this right? Or can I just burn at 16X or 12X or whatever and not have to worry? Will Backup movies look better at slower speeds?
 
It depends on what the discs are capable to be burnt at. I've got a x16 dvd drive, and i always burn at X16 and am yet to see a single fault or data corruption, As long as the blank drives are capable to be written at that speed, they should be fine.
 
x64 :eek::eek::eek:

Are you sure that's the write speed? x18 is the fastest I've seen.

And I believe that the slower you write the less chance of corruption, but it varies from drive to drive. If you have been having errors, then you should slow it down, but it not, why would you?
 
PohTayToez said:
x64 :eek::eek::eek:

Are you sure that's the write speed? x18 is the fastest I've seen.

And I believe that the slower you write the less chance of corruption, but it varies from drive to drive. If you have been having errors, then you should slow it down, but it not, why would you?
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I'm pretty sure he was talking about CD's...not DVD's. :P
 
SAS Soldier said:
My DVD Drive is capable of 64X Speed, and I have DVDs that are capable of 16X Speed. Now Im often burning stuff, and I usually burn at 4X speed because I've heard that if you burn it too fast, you can get data corruption. Is this right? Or can I just burn at 16X or 12X or whatever and not have to worry? Will Backup movies look better at slower speeds?
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That 64X is how fast it will read CDs, If you dont have any corruption or errors it will look the same burned at 4X or 16X
 
it will functionally be the same no matter what speed you burn it at

using cd/dvd diagnostic software, however, there IS a difference in quality between faster and slower write speeds

as far as i care, tho, if the disc works, it's all good ;)
 
StrangleHold said:
That 64X is how fast it will read CDs, If you dont have any corruption or errors it will look the same burned at 4X or 16X
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Exactly. I thought 52x was the fastest for CD-Read times, but who knows.

DVD's only read up to 18x, your just reading the info wrong.
 
PohTayToez said:
x64 :eek::eek::eek:

Are you sure that's the write speed? x18 is the fastest I've seen.

And I believe that the slower you write the less chance of corruption, but it varies from drive to drive. If you have been having errors, then you should slow it down, but it not, why would you?
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thats READ SPEED!!!!!! huge difference
 
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