What are the speeds?

[telon2222]

I am buying my first laptop and I was wondering what a good speed for the cd/dvd is 8x, 12x, 24x, how do you understand the differences? Also what I want is something that reads dvd's and cd's and also burns info to both and rewrites also, thank you for your help.

 

[PeteRoy]

the speeds differences of new drivers are barely noticeable.

 

[telon2222]

for a fast one what speeds should I look for and what designation for what I want, cd/dvd rw/rom, thanks for your help.

 

[PeteRoy]

Best cost effective is dual layer DVD burner which can read all disc types and burn all disc types.

Long time since I ever looked on the speeds, maybe someone else will know what speeds are "good".

 

[Tostada]

Why does this concern you? I would think there are many other features you should be looking at before you make DVD-ROM speed your deciding factor in a laptop purchase.

Anything over 16X CD (or 6X DVD) is a "max" speed, i.e. the drive only actually reaches that speed at the outer edge of the disc, so it really doesn't make much difference.

If you will actually be burning many CDs/DVDs with the laptop, you might consider a high-quality external drive with specs that will destroy anything in a laptop:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLi...Submit=Go&description=plextor+external

 

[t3h l337 n3wb]

Look for DVD +/- RW

 

[RussianSensation]

Good speed for a DVD is about 8x. Before that it's pretty slow and after that its only marginal reduction in time. For CDs, anything over 40x is fast.

24x will take 5-6+ min to write a CD. 8x dvd will take 8 min+ to write a DVD.
52x will take 2.5 min to write a CD. 16x dvd will take <6 min to write a DVD.