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DVD-R Media rated at wrong speed?
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Join Date: Jun 1999
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I just got some "OfficeMax 16x DVD-R" media. However, when I put it in my drive both Toast and Disk Utility see it as only 4x media. I know my drive can handle at least 8x media (the previous stuff I had purchased). So whats up? Is it an issue with my drive, or is the media labeled incorrectly? Would I have any luck attempting to return it (it was a christmas gift, so I have no receipt)? Is there a way to "force" a burn at a higher speed?
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It often depends on the firmware of the drive, and also of the quality of the media.
Noname media often is set slower with Mac firmwares.
Personally, I stick with 4X anyway for lower tier media, because a lot of noname stuff is unreliable when burned at higher speeds on some drives, even if they're recognized and rated for 8X or higher.
Actually, I tend these days only to buy reasonably good name brand media (like or Maxell Taiyo Yuden). Macs usually recognize the discs better, and burning at 6-8X is more reliable with them too.
Just be glad your drive didn't recognize it at 2X. I have one older 8X drive that recognizes a lot of brands of media only at 2X.
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i just bought a 100 spindle of officedepot brand 16x for archival purposes (instead of using my HP lightscribe media) and they work at 6x in my new macbook and 16x on my PC with the HP drives. i don't have a faster mac burner, but if it works at 6x i see no reason why i wouldn't get the max speed of say the 8x burners in most other macs.
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Join Date: Jun 1999
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Originally Posted by Eug 
It often depends on the firmware of the drive, and also of the quality of the media.
Noname media often is set slower with Mac firmwares.
Personally, I stick with 4X anyway for lower tier media, because a lot of noname stuff is unreliable when burned at higher speeds on some drives, even if they're recognized and rated for 8X or higher.
Actually, I tend these days only to buy reasonably good name brand media (like or Maxell Taiyo Yuden). Macs usually recognize the discs better, and burning at 6-8X is more reliable with them too.
Just be glad your drive didn't recognize it at 2X. I have one older 8X drive that recognizes a lot of brands of media only at 2X.
Well thats annoying. Most of the media I buy is from supermediastore.com, I just buy the cheapest stuff usually (or the cheapest that is blank where the label would be). Never had any issues. This is the first media I have purchased that will work at a much lower speed. Back to supermediastore from now on I guess 
If it matters, I have a Sony DW-D18A (got my G5 with a combo drive, and bought the DL burner, and saved money over the Apple non-DL burner at the time).
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Blame Apple. I tried some blank DVDs and they burned at the rated speed. So I bought a larger package of the same things and these would only burn at 2x speed. More than a year later, Apple issues an OS update and they now burn at full speed.
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The 4 o'clock train will be a bus.
It will depart at 20 minutes to 5.
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Join Date: Mar 1999
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Since you have Toast, it should show you the media code, which you can check it here.
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