16x media in a 40x burner?

[Obe]

What's the deal on using regular 16x media in a 40x burner (I'm considering a Plextor 40/12/40A and I have a dumpload of 16x media left).
Can the burner "step down" and use 16x media?

 

[tornadobox]

all burners I've used have been able to step all the way down to 1x in burning on CD-R media. however, i was able to burn at 20x (on my 24x burner) with my 16x verbatim CD-R's (nero let me select speeds up to 20x for that particular media) with no problems at all.

you might get lucky and be able to burn at 40x with your current 16x media (i was able to burn at 16x on my old burner with some Memorex 4x CD-R's )

 

[jonmcc33]

Yes, in your CD burning software (Nero, Roxio Easy CD 5, etc) just make sure to bump it down to 16X. If you try to run it higher you might get a bunch of coasters.

 

[jcwagers]

Yes, you should be just fine using 16x media with a 40x burner. The media just means that it will only burn at up to 16x. The 40x burner should
burn at speeds 4x and higher. As time goes on the 32x and probably 40x media will come out and get cheaper but you shouldn't have any problems
burning at 16x on a 40x burner.

jcwagers

 

[bacillus]

the x16 media should burn at x24 if not higher. that plextor has powerrec2 which will sense if the media will burn at higher than the starting x20 when burning at x40 & will adjust the burn speed accordingly!

 

[Obe]

Cool, thanks a lot for the answers! This forum is great.

 

[HouRman]

I have a Lite on 32x12x40 and Nero wouldn't let me burn at 32X. My media says 32X compatable on each CDR and on the box... I guess it must be cheap though cause it is $7 for a spindle of 50. hehe

Anyone know any cheap media that WILL burn at 32x on a lite on?

 

[NetGuySC]

Plextor 24x here and I burn 16x media at 24x with no problems..

 

[mjquilly]

from my experience, it depends on the drive and on the media. I have some generic media rated at 12x that burns at 24x in my lite-on, and I also have some 24x rated media that I have to slow down to 16x to avoid coasters

 

[Jerboy]

<< Plextor 24x here and I burn 16x media at 24x with no problems.. >>




If that's a Plextor 40x, I would burn it at 16x or 20x. Those are the highest CLV speed supported. In CLV mode, it burns at constant speed instead of changing four times during recording session, which I'm sure doesn't increase the quality of recorded discs.

Do you really need to burn a CD in 3 min instead of 5 min?

 

[Obe]

<< Do you really need to burn a CD in 3 min instead of 5 min? >>



No, but I like to brag about it

 

[menderchuck]

<< Do you really need to burn a CD in 3 min instead of 5 min? >>

yes

 

[VTrider]

<< Do you really need to burn a CD in 3 min instead of 5 min? >>



Funny question to ask ATers, I say I don't either (but i'd probably dish out the extra $$ for a few seconds less, just for braggin rights too! )

I spend all that $$ on a fast burner, only too lower speed manually to insure quality recording on some things - crazy! Does come in handy for CDRW, packet-writing, ect. - where I prefer the extra speed.

-VTrider