Dvd - Rw

chatty123

i have just purchased some dvd-rw for my laptop.. they copied perfectly so have been searching for more online. i have noticed that some are 2x speed and some 4xspeed. the ones i bought are 1.2 speed..what is the difference?

rogerramjet

The speed they will write at. basiclly the faster the speed the less time it takes to write

chatty123

thank you . would you recommend a 4 speed or 8 speed. would the higher speed effect the playing back in my dvd, as my laptop records dvd- and my player records dvd+ but will play both..

rogerramjet

the speed will make no difference to how the dvds would play. One thing to remember is dvd/rw means that they can be formatted and rewritten whereas dvd/r can only be written once. Most dvd/rw discs tend to have slower write speeds than dvd/r.

I use usually whatever discs are cheaper 8 speed is nice if you do a lot of copying as the time is less but you can expect to pay more for them than 4 speed

coolagarry

Another thing to consider is the burn speed of your dvd burner. If it only writes at 4 speed then that is the fastest it will write regardless of how fast the dvd's will burn at.

chatty123

how do i find out the burn speed?

coolagarry

I find the easiest way is to go to 'Control panel', 'System', 'Hardware', 'Device manager' , 'DVD/CD-Rom Drives' and that will tell you the make and model of the DVD burner.
Then google it and that will tell you the burn speed for various formats . (Unless you have the original paperwork which will, of course, make it much easier)