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myhamster
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_ 		3. November 2003 @ 08:45 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hello,
Is 4x media better than 2x media, even if you plan to be safe and burn at 2x anyways? Would you be better off burning at 1x for 2x rated media?

I just brought the officeDepot Verbatim spindle. I think it's 2x. What do you think of this? It's my first time, so I hope I didn't mess up.

Also, in regards to media write speed, it seems like +R's write at 2.4x, and -R write at 2x, is this correct? I read on a previous thread that someone had trouble forcing their burning program to burn a -R at 2x, b/c it was burning at +R's 2.4x. Has anyone else experieced this?

Happy Monday,
Eric
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TL0
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_ 		4. November 2003 @ 13:20 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Check the ADIP (Manufacturer info) for your Verbatims, likely to be CMC, personally don't like them but others, will of course disagree :)

use this program to find out the info:

http://dvd.identifier.cdfreaks.com/

Your correct about the +/-R write speeds.

Never saw the thread you mentioned but on my Pioneer 106 with Nero/Record Now DX or DVD Decryptor, it selects the correct burn speeds on all media types.

For -R media, 4x seems to be slightly better quality but i find too much variability in PI/PO error rates for Ritek media (all acceptable numbers but variable).

+R media, good quality 2.4x media (Ricoh dye type) is as good as the 4x media & it doesn't have as large a variability in the PI/PO error rates, in my experience.
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