When are these lazy CDRW drive makers gonna give us something faster than 10x RW speeds??

[NFS4]

I'm sick and tired of seeing CDR speeds go up to 24x and beyond while RW speeds are stuck at 10x. I hardly ever use the CDR function of burner but I always use the RW feature to make regular backups of critical files on my system.

GET ON THE BALL YOU GOONS!!

 

[Rand]

I tend to use the Write feature more then I do Re-Writes but I'd like to see some faster RW speeds also. I mean we're up to 24X Writes, and you can easily write an entire CD in under 4min. Many manufacturers are working on the so-called True-X technology to get 40+ Write speeds.... and even they intend to stick with 10X RW!

It's about time someone starts working on getting faster RW speeds.

 

[Adul]

there must be a reason why it is slower. Either it be media or writing technologies.

 

[Thor_Sevan]

yeah I also wonder.... now I always use CD-rw and the 10X is a little slow...

Thor

 

[FlipSide]

It could be market driven. I do not see ads for 10x RW media either.

 

[NFS4]

<< It could be market driven. I do not see ads for 10x RW media either. >>


B/C we don't have any drives faster than 10X!!!!!:|:|

 

[Soccerman]

I wish we had better RW speeds.. I also wish CDRWs didn't need packet writing software to make them as easy to use as floppies..

 

[Demonicon]

I believe the reason for the standstill on the CD-RW speeds at 10x is the material that CD-RW disc's are made of to make RW work. These elements melt at exacting temps(so we can re-write) and form the pits that you normally associate with CD. So I guess it's a heat issue, not sure though.

 

[CQuinn]

<< It could be market driven. I do not see ads for 10x RW media either. >>

>> B/C we don't have any drives faster than 10X!!!!!

You need the media first, (to know how well the dye will perform at higher write speeds)
before you can design the drives to take advantage of them.

There are already two standards for CD-RW, based on the Orange Book specs.
One was for the original CD speeds of up to 4x burning, and the second was based on
a different type of dye, which allowed up to 10x burning. The second is packaged
under the "High-Speed" logo to set them apart.
To go to higher speeds with Rewritable media would require yet another standard, incompatible
with the other two, and drives that would also have to handle three types of RW media, as well
as regular CD.

This is very unlikely to happen, as more manufacturers are moving towards DVD Rewritable as the
next step in storage evolution. DVD writing speeds start at 1x DVD (8x CD) and go up to
2x to 2.5x speed (16x to 20x CD equivalent speed) for first gen drives.