Generally recording speed is a function of the hardware.  A firmware upgrade will not make a 2.4x into a 4x.  If you think you are going to need the additional speed, buy the best and fastest you can afford, or wait until 4x is old hat and buy it cheap down the line.  By then they'll be at 40X.  Remember when a 4X CD was really fast?

>This may be a very dumb question, but here goes.
>
>I am in the market for a DVD burner, never having had one before. My
>question relates to burning speeds. I want to get a 16X Dual Layer (DL)
>burner and most of them seem to do the DL re-write at 2.4X. A few newer
>models are now up to 4X.
>
>If I buy a burner that does 2.4X, is an increase in speed to 4X a function
>of upgradeable firmware (if and when available) or is this a function of the
>burner hardware itself, as in once a 2.4X always 2.4X no matter what
>firmware is used?
>
>Can I save some money now on a good 2.4X, but maybe still get the 4X
>function later when firmware is upgraded?
>
>

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