[G4] 8X burns VS. 16X burns

[Harry Freeman]

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On Jul 16, 2005, at 5:04 PM, Kevin Willis wrote:

>
> 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).
>>
>
> I really don't know.  8X burns take me about 8 minutes.  I kinda 
> figured it would take about 4 or 5 minutes at 16X.  It just made me 
> wonder what was going on when it took the exact same amount of time at 
> two different speeds.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kevin
> _______________________________________________

1x CD speed = 150 KB/sec.
1x DVD speed = 1350 KB/sec.
Therefore, an 8x DVD recording speed is equivalent to a ~72x (!) CD 
recording speed, in terms of data transfer rate.


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