Franc Zabkar wrote in message
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This question is possibly OT, but I'm wondering if the laser in a DVD
burner would last longest if I burnt my discs at the lowest possible
speed. AFAICS, for a pit to be irradiated with a consistent amount of
energy, the laser would need to be "hotter" at higher speeds because
it would spend less time over the pit. Is hot and quick better than
slow and cool?

- Franc Zabkar
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Don't know about that but I always burn at a lower than maximum speed
because apparently the "image" is burnt deeper and supposed to be less
liable to long term temp/humidity/corrosion corruption of the stored disc
data.

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