Need help findin 8x DVD-R/8x DVD+R drives
So I know that some of the 8x DVD+R/-R drives only have 4x speed for DVD-R, but there are a few which have 8x for both. I wanna know all the drives that are 8x on both so I can take a look. This means the generic ones too....I think Pioneer 107 is 8x, but there have to be some Lite-On or whatever drives.
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4-8X is plenty fast, lets just see the media. What I'm really interested in seeing are the new 8.5GB writable dual layer drives, those will be good, oh yeah, and an iDVD that works with firewire based drives.
As for the quality of the burn at the higher speed, I know that there are more chances for burning mistakes. But, I certainly am not going to burn at 1x speed if I don't have to. I don't know anyone that still burns their audio CDs at 1x! I saw those 52x burning drives for CDs. WOW.
Originally posted by TigerWoods99
So I know that some of the 8x DVD+R/-R drives only have 4x speed for DVD-R, but there are a few which have 8x for both. I wanna know all the drives that are 8x on both so I can take a look. This means the generic ones too....I think Pioneer 107 is 8x, but there have to be some Lite-On or whatever drives.
I'd recommend a Pioneer DVR-A07. This drive writes -R & +R at 8X, and -RW & +RW at 4X. I think it also writes CDs at 24X. It should be fully supported by OS X 10.3.4 or later.
Some of the OEM Pioneer DVR-107Ds also work with a Mac, but avoid DVR-107BK drives at all costs as they don't work with Mac - unless you can be bothered flashing the firmware.
Check out the searchable drive compatibility database www.xlr8yourmac.com for further info.