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Article #770Re: PC specs and CD_R speeds [Was: Liteon Bad?]
From: James Perrett
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 13:47
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 13:47
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> 2. Blokes I know who are doing a lot of file swapping of *very* large > files as part of the job (GIS images etc.) tell me that the *only* > reliable way of writing CD_Rs is at speeds not exceeding 4x. At > anything above this the error rate is unacceptable. (Not that errors > are acceptable at any time; but it's a trade-off between speed and the > need to repeat the exercise until you get a good copy.) [Temperature > is not an issue in this case as they work in airconditioned offices.] From first hand experience I can tell you that this is not true. With the drives that I use (mainly Plextors) I get lowest error rates at speeds in the middle of the drive's range. For an old drive this might be 4X but more modern drives are best at 16 or 24X. Anyone giving you hard and fast rules about burning speed should not be trusted - the optimum speed is totally down to the particular burner/media/reader combination and will be different for every user. Cheers. James.
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