I have a LG GSA 4167B which burns most every media at the maximum advertised rate (on the package). This drive is supposedly capable of DL Write at 6X. Recently here in Canada I got hold of some Phillips DVD+R DL 8X 'Certified' which the cake label says are distributed by Philips North America in Ledgewood, New Jersey and made in Taiwan. I got these when they appeared on the shelf because up to now I haven't run across any DL media (I shop mostly at the big chains here, Future Shop and Best Buy) which are rated any higher than 2.4X.
-Anyway, the question is, why won't my gear and any of my burning software (DVDShrink, Nero, DVDFab, DVDDecrypter ApolloDVD, Roxio) burn faster than 2.4X on this new media? I've used the disk utilities in Nero & Roxio and they also report that the drive will only max out at 2.4X DL Write. I've flashed the drive to DL13 which I believe is the latest LG firmware.
Any ideas, tests, utilities I could use to get this drive up to 6X as I see people claiming that they have successfully burned DL at 6X.
Hi mapper
It's sounding like even though you have the latest firmware this media id info may still not be including in the firmware - reason you are getting the default burn speed of 2.4x.
For these I would only burn them at 2.4x. If you want to burn higher than get Verbatim only for dual layer media - I would think maybe Best Buy would carry it.
Thanks Binkie7,
So the firmware has to recognize a media ID?
These Phillips discs were on sale as a 25pk for 29.99! Up to now I have never seen Phillips branded DVD media. They seem to be OK and reliable otherwise for burns at 2.4X.
The inner ring engraving on the media says: CPDR85F-CDEWIPFOA-002 apparently some factory in Taiwan. I'll send a note to LG and see what response I get.
-m
Yep it helps if the firmware has the media id and proper write strategy for the media. Otherwise you can get a lower default burn speed and the burner will use a generic write strategy which may not always work.
The Philips +R DL look like they are made by CMC - a newer manufacturer to dual layer and not a very good. Even their single layer dvd's can be iffy.
