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Does burning at lower speeds always give better results ?

PostPosted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 5:34 pm
by avsgenie
Hi,
My Plextor 712A finally arrived - it seems middling for quality of burns. I have assembled about 8 different types of quality media, which I have started experimenting with. Burning at over rated speeds in terms of quality seems a definite no no. What I wonder about is whether burning at speeds less than the media rated speed (as printed on the packet) consistently gives better results? I seems to remember with CD-R's, there was often a sweet spot, where reducing speed too much used to give inferior burns.

PostPosted: Sun Aug 29, 2004 7:59 pm
by rdgrimes
It's media and burner specific. Some do and some don't.