what difference does it make on the speed of a dvd+r and why?

Question

i know you get 4x, 8x, 16x, etc etc, which is the faster and what difference does it make and why? thank you in advance

Answer 1

there are 2 speeds when thining about DVD+R the dvd disk speed and the dvd recorder speed. Another factor is your computer speed as to if it can handle the speeds. The higher the number the higher the speeds if thats not apparent. slower speeds take longer to burn the disk but slower speeds have longer for the computer to burn quallity. When deciding what to burn in speeds you ahve to think about 3 factors

1: the speed of your computer
2: the data you are burning
3: is quallity important.

slower the speed higher the quallity but if you have a fantastic computer and dont mind if the quallity is slightly less (ie doing data files not images) the speed can be fast. but if your slow and burning movies slower is better (this applys for music cd's that need to be burned slowly so some cd players can read them. i have no idea why they do this in reality lol)

best of luck

Answer 2

The speed of the drive is how fast it burns. Each 'x' is 1.3MB/s... so a 16x is 4 times faster than 4x burner. Having a faster burner means you can write the disk faster.

The read speed (if you give the DVD to someone else or put it in a dvd-player) on the other side doesnt ahve to match, so you can burn a disk at 16x and your 1x dvd-player can read it just fine.

Burning 4.5GB of data to a DVD at 1x would take nearly an hour, whereas at 16x it'll only take four minutes (1/16 the time).

Answer 3

Some DVDs can only handle being written to up to certain speeds. For data you will use on a PC it probably doesn't matter however if you are writing a DVD to watch on a DVD player it is usually better to redce the speed when burning, don't know why it just seems to work better.

If the DVD you use is cheap it may also be beneficial to write at a lower speed

Answer 4

The amount of time taken to write a disc depends upon the writing speed of the recorder, the writing mode used by the recorder, the amount of information to be written and if verification or defect management is employed. Recording speed is measured the same as the reading speed of ordinary DVD-ROM drives and DVD players. At single speed (1x) a recorder writes 1.32 MB (1,385,000 bytes) of data per second and a multiple of that figure at each speed increment above 1x.

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Answer 5

ok I think u want some details so
we have to balance at the speed and accuracy to write to balance at speed and accuracy get the 12x
tipical answer is more x means more speed for writing but have more risk of not writing good and 2x is ment to be 2 times faster than x so 8x is 2 times faster than 4x and hence 16 x is 2 times faster than 8x
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Answer 6

the speed is for the amount of time it takes to write a CD or DVD. The higher the speed is, the faster the CD will get done.

Answer 7

actually I AM A SOFTWARE ENGINEER, and the difference is HUGE. DVD + R is the best choice for those wanting to record a commercial grade movie. As it allows the drive to burn with greater accuracy and fastest burn rate with fewer errors than any other DVD format.