16x disc in an 8x burner

[Drizzt]

Just to check, is it all right to burn a 16x DVD-R on an 8x DVD±R DL SuperDrive? Are there any compatibility issues? I have the Rev. A Intel Mac Mini with the aforementioned SuperDrive.

 

[Mord]

should do yeah, the speed rating just equates to the ease at which a laser can turn a 1 to a 0, when burnt at 8x the disk is just more reliable, it'll work perfectly fine, but tbh 8x disks are cheaper, do you just have a stack that needs useing or are you in the market?

 

[Drizzt]

i'm looking to but a 50-pack spindle from B+H soon. I think I'll buy the cheapest ones. Does the brand name really*matter?

Thanks a lot for your help.

 

[iBookG4user]

Not really. Every brand just looks for someone to make the cheapest disc that is reliable and they stick their name ontop of it.

 

[FragTek]

I've used numerous no name brand CD's and DVD's. All of which seem to work the same. I have yet to find one brand that's more unreliable than another.

 

[solvs]

Not true. I've had some crap one. GQ from Fry's comes to mind. Macs seem to be pickier about them too, although I had a laptop (Dell from work, ugh) that would barely write to anything. Might be more about those thinner drives used by laptops, iMacs, minis, etc. B&H have an 8x 50 pack of Verbatim for $20. Should work fine. Newegg and Buy.com have some cheaper ones that might work too. Memorex, Imation, and Ridata are ok from what I can tell.

 

[eRondeau]

Or maybe not...

I have a Lacie External Firewire 8x DVD burner that has always worked just fine. When I bought it I bought a whole load of TDK 8x DVD-R's and CD-R's at Costco and I've only now depleted them. So I just bought two spindles of 50 DVD-R's -- one 16x Memorex and one 16x Maxell. And guess what, neither one of them would work at all! I kept getting "Communication Error" messages, from Toast 7, Toast 6, and even Apple's Disk Utility. Lacie suggested I update my burner's firmware, which I did, and now the Memorex will burn okay -- but still not the Maxell. So I'm returning the Maxell spindle.

Interestingly, Lacie only "officially" supports three brands -- TDK, Sony, and Verbatim. They could not guarantee any others would work.

 

[killr_b]

Interestingly, Lacie only "officially" supports three brands -- TDK, Sony, and Verbatim. They could not guarantee any others would work.

Funny, those are the only brands I use...
I got a Sony 50 pack of 16x from Best Buy for $14. You just gotta watch for the sale!

 

[REDSRT4]

i try to use name brand just cause they are so cheap now, but never had a problem with generics either.