Is 8x DVD+RW media available yet?

comdw

It's quite difficult to search forums for "8x DVD+RW" - most will return that all the terms are too short to search for!

Anyway, my NEC 3540A writer is supposed to write DVD+RW at 8x, so where do I get them? All the usual places I buy media only sell up to 4x. I did find one link to 8x discs at a suspiciously good price:

http://digitalkind.co.uk/Inu_products/INU_ProdDetailsL4.asp?ref=27883188

Given I can't find these anywhere else, are they for real?

If not, whats the fastest DVD RW media you can get right now?

rogerramjet

Found this site

http://www.cd-rmedia.co.uk/cgi-bin2/details.pl?id=

however they don't seem to have any in stock

looks like there is very little at 8 speed atm most are 4x

espresso

comdw wrote:

It's quite difficult to search forums for "8x DVD+RW" - most will return that all the terms are too short to search for!

Anyway, my NEC 3540A writer is supposed to write DVD+RW at 8x, so where do I get them? All the usual places I buy media only sell up to 4x. I did find one link to 8x discs at a suspiciously good price:

http://digitalkind.co.uk/Inu_products/INU_ProdDetailsL4.asp?ref=27883188

Given I can't find these anywhere else, are they for real?

If not, whats the fastest DVD RW media you can get right now?

Not sure how many you need, but I recently bought some Octron DVD+R 8X Speed (SP120min 4.7Gb), from Lidl at £3.79 for a box of five in slimline cases.

Also 7dayshop are selling a similar product for £1.19 but there is P&P to consider.

:wave:

zincoxide

http://www.tuffdisc.com/products.htm

I've used these for a long time and speak very highly of them, burned hundreds of DVD's and CD's of the same brand, I reckon I've only ever binned 2!

Search for them on ebay to get them a bit cheaper.

PeteMc

Try finding the Holy Grail of all discs DL DVD-RW!

If anyone has please let me know.

comdw

To expresso and zincoxide - I was after rewritable DVD+RWs at 8x not standard recordable discs (which I regularly buy 16x), but thanks anyway.

PeteMC - I don't think there is even a standard for dual layer rewritable discs yet so the hardware isn't even available let alone the discs.

espresso

To expresso and zincoxide - I was after rewritable DVD+RWs at 8x not standard recordable discs (which I regularly buy 16x), but thanks anyway.

Ooops! Must learn to read thoroughly before I type!

:doh:

PeteMc

comdw wrote:

To expresso and zincoxide - I was after rewritable DVD+RWs at 8x not standard recordable discs (which I regularly buy 16x), but thanks anyway.

PeteMC - I don't think there is even a standard for dual layer rewritable discs yet so the hardware isn't even available let alone the discs.

The hardware certainly is available as my Pioneer DL DVD Recorder testifys to. However the fact that there are no uniform standards for DL DVD-RW may well explain why I can't find any! Not to worry as the DL DVD -R are expensive enough.

blinky

Check the NEC forums at CDFreaks to see if there's any modded firmwares which will allow you to burn DVD+RW at higher speeds.

comdw

Unfortunately the overspeed technique seldom works on RW media (even CDs) because of the way rewritable discs work.