Currently I am using 8x datawrite titanium DVD+R's. When the time comes to purchase another spindle, I'm debating between the same pack of 8 speed discs for £20 for 100 or 16 speed at £10 for 50, so pretty much the same price. I was wondering what are peoples opinions on 16x discs and are they reliable when burning and then using on dvd players? Or am I better off sticking with the 8 speeds? Or maybe even dual layer, as if a dvd I am backing up using dvd shrink is large enough, it has to compress and sometimes this has caused problems unless I reauthor the disc. But I suppose the only problem with that is that dual layers are a £1 per disc! Any advice would be appreciated.
Generally speaking burning at 16X is not recommended. Some may find it to work. The rule often quoted here is to burn at Half the rated speed; ie. burn those 16X disks at 8X. I run at 4X and it takes about 15 minutes to burn a movie. Burning at 8X should cut that time about in half. I normally get up and do something else during the few minutes involved. Speeding it up would only cut into my Miller Time and usually cost more for the media. Hardly worth the effort. Have not used any DL media. Cost per disk is too much. I would stick with what you know is working!
You might as well take the leap with the 16x media as the 8x will eventually phase out, as 4x has. I would rethink your choice in media however and go with Verbatim, much better media. The Datawrite Titanium 16x +R are showing CMC Mag as the mfr, which is not the best.
ok great, my next batch will be verbatim 16x i think, i might try burning at 16x and if problems occur, do it at 8, it's only roughly 10 mins per disk after all. thanks again for the advice!
