Why are DVD-Rs not rated like CD-R

[ptmurphy]

This has puzzled me since I began burning my home movies to DVD...

Why is the DVD-R media (and DVD+R) not rated like CD-Rs? If you go to buy a CD-R, it clearly states "compatible with 1x to 32x", or whatever.

I see questions in here all the time wondering how someone knows what speed the media they are bying is. Why is DVD media not packaged the same way?

[mrspangle]

Hi,

Most branded DVDs do display their capabilities on the front. Most do not say 1x -> cause the fastest out is 4x!

Most retailers on the net say the speeds that they can write at. i suppose if your buying discs in builk you take the risk.

John

[Craig1394]

The Verbatim +R's I just bought actually say 1x-4X.