NEC 1300A and Princo 4x DVD-R

[chrisgin]

I am currently using v1.07 firmware and can only burn Princo 4x DVD-R's at 2x. I heard that v1.0A will allow them to be burnt at 4x. Can anyone confirm this? If this is the case, are there any reliability problems burning at 4x? I would love the extra speed but not if the quality drops.

Thanks,
Chris

[Zechnubis]

Well, the burner allowed them from 1.09 already. But the media itself is so crappy, it wont burn succesfully at 4x.

In my case, I can say it doesnt help to have the harddrive youre burning from 78% fragmented...
But other discs burn fine, and many others have had the same problem with Princos 1-4x discs.
The burning app will say it burned fine sometimes, but fail when you do verification or read tests.

So, simple answer: Drive allows it, but discs don't.

[wulf109]

The new firmware 1.0A does allow Princo 4x to burn at 4x. I've burned 15-20 at 4x with no problems at all.

[Zechnubis]

wulf:
is it the discs that say "1-4x" or the ones that say "4x"?

[wulf109]

The ones that say 4x

[Zechnubis]

oh, well then, thats the answer. Where i live (Sweden), i can only get the "1-4x" discs. and they suck.

Also im wondering what acceptabel fragmentation on the hd is? 20% ok for burning dvd? or should it be more like 5%?