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A question regarding speed of burner versus disk speed

Discussion in 'DVDR' started by Kaileen, Aug 22, 2004.

  1. Kaileen

    Kaileen Member

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    I've been burning DVD's for almost two years but just upgraded my burner and realized I haven't been paying much attention to the changes in DVD media.

    It's probably a stupid question but I'll ask anyway lol.

    I have an 8x Pioneer burner. The question is I have a bunch of old DVD disks still around, mostly 1x and 2x disks. Before I even attempt to burn on them with my new burner though, I wanted to know if anyone could tell me would these disks still work with my new, faster burner? (If it's just that they'll burn slower, that's not a problem, I don't mind it. I just don't want a series of burn errors . . . and don't want to make a bunch of coasters and basically waste the disks!)

    If I can't use them, I'll be donating them to a friend of mine, so any help is greatly appreciated by both of us! Thanks!

    Kaileen
     
  2. woof811

    woof811 Regular member

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    hello ,

    your pioneer burner will detect the speed of your discs and burn them at that speed eg. 1x ,2x , 4x etc..

    happy burning :eek:)
     
  3. michigan

    michigan Guest

    As long as they are slower than what your drive can handle (which yours are) they will work great, just slow.
     
  4. agent-k

    agent-k Regular member

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    If you want to burn them at 8xspeed get the hacked firmware.
    The risk is yours.
     

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