I bought some verbatim 16x (50pk) from newegg.com and they burned at 14x speed. A movie burned in 6 mins. Then I bought some 16x (100pk) from the same place and now they can only burn at 4x. I have a PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109. Firmware version 1.58 (ATA). How can I get my dvd burner to burn at 16x and should I continue to buy 16x dvds?
i have that same drive as you...its my FASTEST burner to date, i get the best quality scans burning @8x on 16x media..that's just ME and my setup, your's might be different~ :)
Taiyo Yuden 4x dvd-r TYGO1/ 8x dvd-r TYGO2/ 8x dvd+r YUDEN000T02/ 16x dvd+r YUDEN000T03
Verbatim 8x dvd+r MCC003
Verbatim dvd+r DL (MKM001)= flawless no compression backups
"Do Yourself A Favor, Use The Good Stuff
TY & Verbs 4 Life~ :)" ~docTY~
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My new LG GSA 5163D is giving my 109 a run for the "fastest" burns, and it is SO quiet (checked a couple of times to make sure it was working!!!)... It also has some sweet burns/scans on TYG02!!! See my blog.
As to the topic of this post: I buy 16X if it is a better deal than 8X, but I still burn it @ 8X.
