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iansl · February 16, 2003, 16:14 hrs

How can a CDRW write faster than it can read? Something sounds fishey here.

query · February 16, 2003, 19:04 hrs

Someone goofed, or swapped the numbers (i.e., it's a 48X read, 16X rewrite, 40X writer).

yokosi · February 17, 2003, 14:53 hrs

wait a minute im getting confussed here. My rewriter is
12X 8X 32X, isn't it write, rewrite and read. Or am I putting it in the wrong order b/c my writer can't write past 12X

query · February 17, 2003, 15:46 hrs

That's right - but I've seen others quote them in different order. The slowest speed is inevitably rewrite, next comes write and fastest is read.

iansl · February 28, 2003, 17:46 hrs

Well, there are those $65 52x24x52x writers out now. (I saw the price on an LG one from wal-mart for $62 something I think)

dcsun · February 28, 2003, 18:13 hrs

I think in the burner world, as in most of the computer hardware categories, you get what you pay for. If you get a no-name brand (not LG in particular, just generally speaking) from a store like Walmart, it's probably got a 50/50 chance of having some sort of problem in its lifetime.

iansl · March 02, 2003, 16:14 hrs

It should have a warranty...but I was just browsing. If you have a 24x burner, will it accept 32x media--or does it have to be multispeed--same thing with burners--if it doesn't specifically say that it can burn 4x discs, It can't? Just wondering.

query · March 02, 2003, 17:20 hrs

Most writers can back-throttle to a slower speed, but with many of the newer ones, you have a limited set of possibilities - i.e., not all speeds below the rated one are supported.

Many new drives can't write at 2 or 4X - they will slow down, but only to 8X or above.

Check the specs on the drive - they will tell you what speeds are supported. Or, check www.cdrlabs.com, which often does thorough reviews on writers and will also tell you what is supported and what is not.

iansl · March 05, 2003, 09:16 hrs

I think the LG one could go all the way down to 4x, but I haven't looked at it in a while. After a little bit, see my next CD topic.

query · March 05, 2003, 19:12 hrs

According to the review on CDRLabs.com, this LG writer (GCC-8250B) can do 52/48/40/32/24/16/12/8 on write, and 24/16/12/10/4 on rewrite.

iansl · March 10, 2003, 17:43 hrs

I think that's what it said, but what do you think about the burner, and what is CAV?

query · March 10, 2003, 19:16 hrs

Review here:

http://www.cdrlabs.com/reviews/index.php?reviewid=172

CAV is constant angular velocity
CLV is constant linear velocity

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