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How come my DVD burner in Nero defaults to burn at 18 X, while the Sony
media label states: 16 X ?




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In article <49e0a80a$0$183$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl>,
Linea Recta <mccm.vos@abc.invalid> wrote:
>How come my DVD burner in Nero defaults to burn at 18 X, while the Sony
>media label states: 16 X ?

Probably because the manufacturer of your DVD burner has "certified" that
particular Sony blank as capable of being reliably written at 18X. That is
reflected in the media code speed table in your burner, which Nero queries
when polling the drive for the highest write speed when that blank is
inserted.

"Mike S." <retsuhcs@xinap.moc> wrote in message
news:gsa7cp$jtq$1@reader1.panix.com...
>
> In article <49e0a80a$0$183$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl>,
> Linea Recta <mccm.vos@abc.invalid> wrote:
>>How come my DVD burner in Nero defaults to burn at 18 X, while the Sony
>>media label states: 16 X ?
>
> Probably because the manufacturer of your DVD burner has "certified" that
> particular Sony blank as capable of being reliably written at 18X. That is
> reflected in the media code speed table in your burner, which Nero queries
> when polling the drive for the highest write speed when that blank is
> inserted.
>
>

And, the table is usually updated when you do a
firmware update to the drive, such as when making
it region free. You can get hacked firmware images
to upgrade many drives.

That said, I never burn at more than "Half Speed",
or to more than 80% of the disk.

Luck;
Ken

"Ken Maltby" <kmaltby@sbcglobal.net> schreef in bericht
news:ObqdnYRzZ8jAQHXUnZ2dnUVZ_tCdnZ2d@giganews.com ...
>
> "Mike S." <retsuhcs@xinap.moc> wrote in message
> news:gsa7cp$jtq$1@reader1.panix.com...
> >
> > In article <49e0a80a$0$183$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl>,
> > Linea Recta <mccm.vos@abc.invalid> wrote:
> >>How come my DVD burner in Nero defaults to burn at 18 X, while the Sony
> >>media label states: 16 X ?
> >
> > Probably because the manufacturer of your DVD burner has "certified"
that
> > particular Sony blank as capable of being reliably written at 18X. That
is
> > reflected in the media code speed table in your burner, which Nero
queries
> > when polling the drive for the highest write speed when that blank is
> > inserted.
> >
> >
>
> And, the table is usually updated when you do a
> firmware update to the drive, such as when making
> it region free. You can get hacked firmware images
> to upgrade many drives.
>
> That said, I never burn at more than "Half Speed",
> or to more than 80% of the disk.


I never use top speed either, mostly the one below max.
Having said that, I've read that burning with too low speeds can also result
in decreased quality. And quality has to be dominant.



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