Carla_Boots Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 I am a newbie to burning BD-R. Just bought a LG WH16NS40 16X BD-R burner. It was only $59.99 from Newegg during a sale.... price too good to pass up. I also got a 50-disc spindle of Verbatim 25GB 6X inkjet printable BD-R. I fired up ImgBurn and the default burning speed was 6X. I burned several discs and everything went smoothly. I verified the burned discs on another computer and they checked out fine. Next, I decided to up the speed to MAX. ImgBurn started burning at 12x. After several discs, everything looked great. (again, verified the data on another computer) Here's something I don't quite understand. When I burned roughly 21GB of data on the BD-R at 6X, ImgBurn reported burning time of 16 minutes. When I burned the identical data at 12X, it reported 11 minutes. That's only 5 minutes faster. Shouldn't burning at 12X take half the time, which is 8 minutes? Thnaks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 No, the speed ramps up over the entire disc. It'll only reach max speed right at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carla_Boots Posted October 13, 2013 Author Share Posted October 13, 2013 No, the speed ramps up over the entire disc. It'll only reach max speed right at the end. Thanks! When I use Verbatim 6X BD-R, ImgBurn shows it capable of 12X max burning speed. Which burning speed is better? 6X or 12X? I don't really care about saving time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Sorry, I can't answer that question. You'd have to burn a few discs at each speed and then scan them to check the quality. It really depends on the drive and firmware as to which speed gives the best results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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