From: Roxanne Pierce : Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] cdrw and dvd questions


> Is there a default speed on CD media? I have a spindle of 50 Memorex blank
> CD's (write only), with no information given about their speed support. (I
> didn't know until this message that there was an issue with CD media; I
> thought the only concern was the writing unit.)
>
> Roxanne Pierce
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Yui Shin Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 05:55
> >
> > 4x\4x\24x @ 150k per equals:
> >    600k/sec rewritable media speed (CDRW disc must support 4x
> > to write at
> > this speed reliably)
> >    600k/sec recordable media speed (CDR disc must support 4x ... etc.)
> <snip>
>

There is no default speed on CD Media, but there is a rated writing speed.
If the CDR's do not have a rated writing speed on them I usually default to
4x speed.  I have written some 6x CDR's at 8x speed by mistake, one was a
coaster and the other was good.  I was unable to tell the difference just by
looking at the media.  I bought some 80 min. Memorex CDR and wrote them at
4x speed successfully because they didn't have a writing speed rated on
them.

Mary Wolden.

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