Why does ImgBurn say my Verbatim 6X BD-R can support 12X?

[Carla_Boots]

Why does ImgBurn say my Verbatim 6X BD-R can support 12X?

 

It does burn fine when I set it to "MAX"(burning at 12X and takes about 9 and half minutes for a full 25GB BD-R)

 

If it's capable of 12X, why doesn't Verbatim put that on the package?

 

Thanks!

[LIGHTNING UK!]

The speeds are down to the drive, firmware and media combo. ImgBurn has no say in the matter.

 

Decent discs are often supported at speeds beyond what's specified on the packaging, but that varies from drive to drive.

[dbminter]

Most likely when the 6x BD-R media were first designed, 6x was the max write rate that Blu-Ray burners could reach.  So, they put 6x on the media as the maximum write speed.  Then, newer drives came out that were capable of write strategies that were faster than the maximum rated on the media.

[Carla_Boots]

The speeds are down to the drive, firmware and media combo. ImgBurn has no say in the matter.

 

Decent discs are often supported at speeds beyond what's specified on the packaging, but that varies from drive to drive.

 

 

Thanks! That makes sense... but why does ImgBurn sets it to 6X burning speed by default

if it also report 12X as one of the available burning speeds of this Verbatim 6X BD-R?

 

Should I burn at 6X or MAX(12X)?

[LIGHTNING UK!]

It doesn't set the speed to anything by default....well ok, I guess it does, but it just defaults to 'MAX' and not any specific speed.

 

You should burn at whichever speed produces the best results - I can't tell you what that is. It also comes down to how quickly you want the disc (time wise).