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Brian The Demolition Man Little wrote:

> Joe S wrote:
> > Can you please explain what you mean? Is it because they only record
> > to DVD at video playback speed...that there is no direct hard drive
> > to DVD capability where it could actually go "faster"?
>
> On home componet based burners (aka set top unit) from my memory
> they burn at video playback speed. I'm not sure on the set top units that
> also function as TiVo units if the burning speed will be any faster (ie:
> 2.4x,
> etc), but for the average person who just wants to record something to
> a DVD then a set top unit will work just fine.
>
> Brian The Demolition Man Little
> Who prefers to use his PC for DVD authoring.

Gotcha....that makes sense. I wonder why the machine spec says it writes at
2.4x?


Joe

Joe S wrote:
> Gotcha....that makes sense. I wonder why the machine spec says it
> writes at
> 2.4x?

That's strange indeed.

Brian The Demolition Man Little

"Brian The Demolition Man Little" <> wrote in message
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> Mr. Moe wrote:
> > What's the difference between 2.4X, 4X, and 8X? And can I use all
> > three in my recorder?
>
> Those numbers only matter with PC based DVD burners. Home componet
> based units (like the RCA one your wife got you) won't be affeted by the
> disc being a 2.4x or 8x or whatever. For people like you just look for the
> best deal on a reliable brand media (like the TDK ones you got).
>
I have a DVD-R set top recorder and it won't accept the 8X DVD-R
discs...this sucks!

If you have an older 2.4X DVD+R/RW drive then you can probably
only use 2.4X media unless you have updated the BIOS. I have
even heard rumor of damage to 2.4X units that attempt to use 4X
or 8X media - although I find this a bit difficult to imagine -
but since that rumor comes from a manufacturer's website I do
give it a little creedence. I'd guess that a good general rule
would be don't buy media that's faster than your drive's top
speed. With today's new 16X DVD+/-RW units that's not a problem
as I haven't even seen 16X media - however, some of them will
burn at 16X using 12X media (wherever you get that from). We
have a Philips DVD985A set-top DVD+RW that uses 2.4X media and
it won't handle the 4X DVD+R discs at all; in fact it just locks
up with an error after about 5 minutes of recording, and I can't
get it to accept the firmware upgrade either.

Why Am I here? wrote:

> "Brian The Demolition Man Little" <> wrote in message
> news:fsqdnXOK48UKOSvcRVn-...
> > Mr. Moe wrote:
> > > What's the difference between 2.4X, 4X, and 8X? And can I use all
> > > three in my recorder?
> >
> > Those numbers only matter with PC based DVD burners. Home componet
> > based units (like the RCA one your wife got you) won't be affeted by the
> > disc being a 2.4x or 8x or whatever. For people like you just look for the
> > best deal on a reliable brand media (like the TDK ones you got).
> >
> I have a DVD-R set top recorder and it won't accept the 8X DVD-R
> discs...this sucks!

Not all blank media are created equal. Some drives/recorders only play with
certain brands of media.

Check with Emerson to find out what media they are qualified for. Odds are the
list will include some very expensive discs, but if that's what you need to be
sure, I guess that's what you need.


Joe

[67chevyman]

I'm sorry but I have to disagree with Brian. The RCA DVD Recorder combo will not burn with 16x DVDs, or anything higher than 8x. It has to be 2.4x, 4x. or 8x.
Been there - bought too many disks that won't burn - gonna start a Blank DVD store.