TDK 2x DVD-R Burns at 4x in my DRU-500a

[rkr1958]

I have a Sony DRU-500a with firmware 2.0f. I bought a spindle of 15 TDK 2x DVD-Rs from CompUSA for $35. The first one I burned, a backup of LOTR Two Towers created by IC, I forced Nero to burn at 2x. It wanted to burn it at 4x. The second one, captured, edited and authored video, I again used Nero but forget to limit burning speed. Nero burned it at 4x. This disc seems to play fine. I also did verification, which passed, in Nero. This is unreal ... 15-minutes to burn a full DVD. Has anyone else experince this with this media. By the way the media code from DVDInfoPro was RITEKG.

[HyperYagami]

Everything TDK is now Ritek? (+R is already Ricoh = Ritek)

[DeleriumMDK]

My most recent TDK media purchase was from the last Best Buy sale, 25 pack for $30 I think it was...and its got the same media ID as the ones I picked up months back, not Ritek's. Cool to hear these discs burn at 4X for you...how was playback? Any problems after the 4GB or so mark?

[rkr1958]

None so far. I'll keep putting them through the test. In the same order I also purchased some TDK 2x DVD-RWs. These burn at 2x and seem to play well near the end (i.e., past the 4-GB point).