Write Speed

[teja]

Is there a preferred write speed to get a quality burn? Is slower better?

 

Thank You

[LIGHTNING UK!]

It totally depends on the drive, firmware and media combo being used.

 

The only way to know for sure is to burn a disc at each 'supported' speed and then scan (PIPO/Disc Quality) them all in a decent scanning drive (LiteOn/BenQ/Plextor).

 

8x is usually a safe bet on single layer DVD-R and DVD+R media.

 

It's harder to judge on double layer media because a lot of drives are still rubbish at burning most of the DL media that's currently available!