CD-RW media question

[hclarkjr]

i am buying a TDK VeloCD and wanted to buy some CD-RW disks for it but noticed that best buy had only 4x rated disks. i asked and was told it doesn't matter the burner will burn them at the fastest speed rating for the burner. is that true or do i need to buy 10x CD-RW CD's? thanx

 

[Supafreak]

go 4 10x RW-S if cdrw's r only rated 4x then there are higher chances of making a coaster

 

[tigger80]

i have the same burner as you and i have burned CDRs rated as 8x and i was able to burn it at 12x.

 

[EvilDonnyboy]

cd-r are different than cd-rw. get the faster rated cd-rw if you can.

 

[billandopus]

get the faster rated rw media.

 

[Kingofcomputer]

I'm using TDK 10x (made in singapore), got it from onvia for $2.15 each some time ago.

 

[Bryan]

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think CDRW media is limited in that it will burn no faster than the media is rated. There is no way to even attempt to burn a piece of 4x rated CDRW media at 10x, even if the burner supports it.

 

[bacillus]

Bryan is correct when he states that cdrws will only burn as fast as its rated maximum!

 

[jamarno]

Some burner software will let the maximum speed rating be ignored, either by design or by bug. An example of the latter is one version of Nero 4 or 5 that can be fooled by inserting a disk at the beginning, then before the burn starts, remove it and insert the desired disk. This has let me burn 2x CD-RWs at 4X. I don't remember exactly what I did, so don't ask.