About Burn speed... misleading? or a myth?

[dhany]

I don't know about this statemen, i got it from doom9, perhaps Baldrick can help me?
Now select the write speed (my DVD burner can't burn CD-Rs at speeds higher than 8x and the higher the burning speed the higher the risk of getting read errors on the disc when you try to play it in your standalone) and press the Write button to start the burning process.

Is it true that the higher burning speed makes higher the risk getting read errors when we play it with standalone? what does it mean? I get this statement from doom9

[fuzzywuzzy]

Some people say that slower burn speeds make a difference. But, it shouldn't. In earlier model burners (a year ago or more), the lasers were loosely regulated, which would result in less accurate burns at high speed. Newer burners, however, use highly regulated lasers that are exponentially more accurate even at their maximum speeds. I regularly burn SVCDs at 16x (my Yamaha UltraSCSI burners maximum speed) with no problems at all, they play in every standalone DVD player I've put them in.

Your mileage may vary.

[Baldrick]

do a search for burn speed in this forum and you will get seeeeeeeeveral hits like
http://www.vcdhelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=117164&highlight=

[Xesdeeni]

I think by definition, if you spin the CD faster, then the transition between 0's and 1's will be wider for a given laser, meaning the edges will be less defined.

Also, heating a material to a higher temperature for a shorter period of time at high speeds is not the same as heating the material to a lower temperature for a longer time at slower speeds.

Nevertheless, I suspect that modern CDs and modern burners are optimized for the higher speeds, and may actually be less optimal at the slower speeds.

And, it may be that the transition period of the latest lasers is now so small that that isn't an issue, either.

Other than trial-and-error, it may be that a microscope is the only way to make an objective comparison.

Xesdeeni

[dc91gt]

VCD's burned at anything higher then 8X would not play back properly in my RCA 5240P - constant pauses in play back, regardless of the media quality used. Burner is a plextor.

On the same note, the same disks would play back fine in my pioneer or panasonic.

It's really a player issue more so then anything else.

I only burn movies at 4x now, not a big deal.

-d

[vitualis]

That's right. It is a player issue.

As long as your drive and media are okay, you can rest assured that burning at the top burn speed does not "degrade" your data integrity.

Regards.