it is my understanding that 8x means 8 times (faster than) real speed (running time when viewing). So 16x should be essentially twice as fast. On Jul 16, 2005, at 6:14 PM, James Pacyga wrote: > Dumb question, but how fast would one expect a 4.7Gb (4.4Gb of data) > DVD-R to burn at 8x or 16x? > > The first one I did on my sawtooth 500/AGP took about 4-5 mins (it was > 4.2Gb or so). > Regards, Wayne Clodfelter wayne at troutnc.com