I found a solution.
I was almost out of disks and was lookinf for new but all were 2.4X. Then I was at Fry's last night and tripped accross these GQ (great quality) disks that were showing 8X.
I got them home and this is what I saw:
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-H10L LL12 (ATA)
Current Profile: DVD+R DL
Disc Information:
Status: Empty
Erasable: No
Free Sectors: 4,173,824
Free Space: 8,547,991,552 bytes
Free Time: 927:32:74 (MM:SS:FF)
Supported Write Speeds: 2.4x, 4x, 6x, 8x, 10x
DVD