burn 8x media at 20x speed?

[TitusTroy]

I recently bought a Sony Optiarc AD-7240S 24x DVD burner...I'm going to buy some Taiyo Yuden discs but I think I read that it is best to buy 8x media though...would I be able to burn at speeds of 20x or 24x using 8x media?...would burning at higher speeds damage the discs or the drive itself?...is buying 8x media the best even though there is 16x media available?...which would provide me the best quality burns?

 

[CalvinHobbes]

In my opinion you'll have less errors if you burn at a slow speed.

 

[TitusTroy]

but is it OK to burn at a higher speed then the disc is rated for?

 

[CalvinHobbes]

Sure it just may have more errors or you may get failed burns.

 

[Modelworks]

You can burn it faster, if the software will let you, but it is likely to be a bad burn. Buy the proper media if you want to burn at higher speeds. I only burn at 8x even with 16x media . The extra couple minutes is worth it to get a better result.

 

[n7]

Not a wise idea, even if it can do it.

I prefer to burn all my discs at least one speed grade lower than they are rated for if possible...

 

[KILLER_K]

It depends on what i am burning, depending on what speed i use.
1:1 slow, dvd back up slow as we don't like those boxes popping up when watching it from burning to fast.
Fast would be random files keeping , if i'm going to format just to save.

So just depends on what you are doing, but slow is always the best. Get up and walk away and do something a few more minutes will not kill you.

 

[taltamir]

even if the burn "succeeds" it might be full of correctable errors. this means that even the slightest smudge, scratch, or chemical decay (from age or light exposure) will render the disk unreadable. EVERY burn has errors (well certain combinations of drives and media and speed might produce a perfect burn on occasion). its just that those are correctable by the built in error correction.

I would recommend burning media in the speeds it is rated for. going too low CAN ALSO REDUCE THE QUALITY of the burn. usually ideal burn quality is between half to full rated value (4-8x on an 8x media). again it varies by drive and specific disk types.

like n7 I also prefer to burn all my discs at one speed grade lower than they are rated for...

 

[TC91]

Originally posted by: taltamir

going too low CAN ALSO REDUCE THE QUALITY of the burn.

Can you elaborate on that?

 

[taltamir]

I have seen detailed testings done, and as they decreased the speed the errors per burn decreased up to a point. After which they started rising again. although never as high as original speed. I do not recall more specific details than that though.