"N Cook" wrote in message ...
Bart Bervoets wrote in message
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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.

Agree there, i have tested this on some sample dvdr's and after burning
the
same image
at 1x, 2x, 4x and 8x i could already see the imprint on the disc getting
much lighter.
Let alone burning at higher speeds, often the resulting copy would either
not work or
burning would fail.
Fast cd or dvd burning is a scam, burn always everything at the lowest
speed
possible.
Friends complained about discs degrading too soon, mine still work, same
brand but burned at 1x

Bart Bervoets



You can always go out and buy another burner if the laser fails but you
cannot necessarily replace those family album pics.
1x seems a bit extreme, what is the consensus view?

The quality of the burner and media have a lot more to do
with longevity than what speed you use to burn. Quality
burners today use variable lasers to adjust burn depth
according to speed and media.

If you're more comfortable burning at 1x, hey it's a free
world. All I can say is, I have dozens of DVD-Rs going
on five years old that were burned at 8x and I haven't had
a problem reading any of them.