Is 1x burning better when using 2x media?

[Joel Ertl]

We are putting together some DVD's that we intend to sell. We are burning with the Pioneer A04 and want to stick with the name brand media.

I know that there are player that the discs will not be compatable, but I want to keep our returns to a minimum. Would burning the discs at 1x give us a more reliable end product? We used the Pioneer discs that came with the drive and had some that skipped on some (but not all) players.

Also, when a player is "incompatable", does that mean that the discs are completely rejected? Or are there players that are just so prone to skipping as to be incompatable?

Lastly, I just ordered a bunch of Verbatum discs. Does anyone have experience with these?

Thanks.

-Joel Ertl

[Anonymous65]

Judging from making VCD's, I would burn them at 1X instead of 2X to increase compatibility with marginal (old) DVD players.