Does the cd/dvd burning speed really matters?

[sohaibrazzaq]

Hi,
I have heard from someone that the slower the burn speed of cd/dvd, longer the life of it and it plays more fine on most players and roms especially old ones, is this right or totally bullshit?
Thats why i always burn my DVD's at 4x and cds no more then 24x. In the past i used to burn some cheap cd-rs at 48x and after few uses mostly becomes unreadable on most roms and plays on dvd players with lot of stuttering. Is it because of the cheap media only?

I hope this is not a DVD authoring forums question.

[kicko]

YES! i had some half wack memorex dvd+r's and they would play for 15-20 and then the player would have a great trouble reading and further. I was burning them at 8x, I figured they were cheap and lesson be learned. Just for kicks i burned at 2x and wouldn't you know it the dvd's played flawless. So for me in that case i burn all 2x if i have any doubts, it also depends on the player as well and how well it can read.

[sohaibrazzaq]

hmmmm, means its always best to burn the discs at slower speeds to avoid future problems. older drives and players often faces great trouble reading discs burned at higher speed, and i think its not difficult to burn a disc at 4x other then 16x provided that you don't need to make 10+ copies of the disc.

[Paul_G]

Any decent blank cd/dvd will burn perfectly at its rated speed and will playback without problems. If you buy cheap media and burn them at the rated speed, then have problems later it is because the discs are shite instead of the usual "burn at lower speed" myth.

[sohaibrazzaq]

@Paul_G
agree with you, i use Ritek media, and i think they are not that bad, but still an old player having weak lens can cause problems reading a disc burned at high speed if it gets enough scratches. new players are roms plays everything fine

[Sabro]

Really there are 3 factors :

Your Media
Your Burner
Your Player(s)

I've burnt the best media after faster/slower speeds and had mixed results with the same player(s) with a somewhat decent burner.

Using a BenQ burner I've NEVER had a problem (when using good media) even burning at speeds way above the disc rated burn speed.

Finally the players. It seems to me that the cheap-o players seem to be less picky about the media used (cheap or expensive) then the more expensive models.

Tis lovely to burn at (16x (on a 8x rated) approx 5 min burn time) Fuji Film +R (Ty) and have it play perfect on my $30 machine when my friend's very expensive Sony player wont even reconize the disc.

Alot of factors and alot of hunt and peck, but when you find what works for YOU...go with it cause what works for others might just not work as well for you.

Sabro

[ROF]

I've never had a problem with DVD/CD media working when burnt at it's rated speed. I have had several issues where certain ROMs refused to read media that was recorded at lower than it's rated speed. I'd recommend you burn at the rated speed of the media.

[Doramius]

As stated above, it's a combination of burner, media, and player. Many different players, burners, and media types leaves a large crossing area for someone to find out what's best. Stick with what's good for you.

Most importantly, place your results here on videohelp.com, so others can benefit from your findings. Any new player I try my burned media on, I try and list what happens here.

I have found Ritek & Taiyo Yuden media to be the best, and the newer DVD players are great, even the cheap ones for $25-30 at Wal-mart.