Taiyo Yuden DVD-R 4.7GB 16x or 8x?

[Xdreamer]

My questions is there is a hudge price difference when going from 8x or 16x, is there any quality difference? Another words if i buy some 8x's TY could i burn them at 16x and not notice a video difference, or would video quality look like crap?

[lordsmurf]

Why would risk it?
Or spend that much extra money?

All you save is maybe 2-3 minutes per burn. At most.

[HatchetMan]

I find that 12X is a good compromise.

[Gen-An]

My questions is there is a hudge price difference when going from 8x or 16x, is there any quality difference? Another words if i buy some 8x's TY could i burn them at 16x and not notice a video difference, or would video quality look like crap?

What burner do you have? TYG03 has shown good results burned at its rated 16x speed on the PX-716A and DVR-A09.

[SaSi]

Would you drive your car at double the normal speed to go home in half the time?
Of course you run the risk of never getting home - but it is faster this way isn't it ?

[Xdreamer]

I have a NEC 3520, im just wondering if I could get the 8x save the money and not worry about video quality looking like crap. Pretty much Im trying to save some cash go with the 8x's burn them at 16x and call it a day!

[Gen-An]

From what I've seen the ND3xxx drives can burn 8x TY media at 16x with good quality. Give it a try.

[BogieV]

There is something wrong in your worry.
Your drive might burn it with the double speed but it can't look like crap.

It will just play fine or it will not play (random mozaik and freezes). This is digital, it's not VHS to see decreased quality but still be able to view the whole movie without much distraction. Not properly working DVD just make you rip it out of the player and make it in pieces (that's what I did few times)

[SaSi]

I also have a 3520 and have recorded a few 8x rated TY disks at 16x. Doesn't really result in a 16x recording time. More like an 8x recording time. However, every now and then, the burner buffer is drained and I also notice some disk rotation speed fluctuations. These make me wonder how readable the recorded media will be.

I would not buy 16x media. 8x media is fine. I would also burn them at 4x, just to be sure that they will play back in most players for a long time.

After all, I don't burn 20 disks a day to worry about saving 5 minutes on a disk.