Originally posted by BurningAs: Ok here is an update. It seems burns are far more stable at 4X than 2.4X when using memsuxors and verbs. When I burn Memo at 2.4X burn will always fail at leadin under circumstance I posted above. However same media is fine at 4X. HOWEVER at 4X and read on XBOX 360, videos are choppy meaning bad results even though burn was successful.
But damn, these things are so cheap! $32 to 50 shipped at the newegg!
I've always burned Verbatim & Memorex 8X +R DL media at 4x & both play back fine in a standalone DVD recorder. Test burns with both brands at 8X also play back without any problems so I guess my computers DVDR drive likes both types of media. 2.4x takes longer to burn which is why I don't try to track down 2.4x media anymore although I have used it in the past.
Hardwatch--
It's not a good idea for you only because your drive apparently does not have the firmware to record properly to inverse stack DL discs. Verbatim DL discs still use the original photo polymer method that is more expensive, wasteful, and difficult to control.
BurningAS--
The choppy results on the XBOX 360 could also be the result of its drive having a difficult time reading inverse stack DL discs "upside down." The recording quality may or may not be OK; but if only one drive is having a problem, one has to consider limitations of the drive itself as a factor. Those 8X discs need higher recording speeds because the dye is tuned for faster speed. Although dyes have a much wider range of speeds than rewritable semi-metal alloys, they still have limits. Using the slowest speed for discs with high rated speeds often increases error rates, as you found with those 8X discs recorded at 2.4X (and with 52X phthalocyanine CD-Rs recorded at speeds below 8X). Using a recording speed at half a disc medium's rated speed is a good idea, but speeds below that can be even more troublesome than the rated speed.
