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[MaLing]

Yesterday I went to some shops and saw 20x speed DVD recorders.

What a great lie! Last year the manufacturers declared that 16x speed was the maximum limit of DVD, and it made a lot of people buy them.

By the way, what will the real maximum speed of DVD be in your minds?

[2005]

Doesn't matter, write quality drops horribly when you get into the 16x range and thats even with better media. I personally never write above 4X on something I plan on lasting a while. I've done two disk quality scans on two copy's I made with the same writer, one written at 4x and one written at 8x. The first had about 20% less errors then the latter did after 2 years.

I don't recall them saying 16x was the fastest writer you'd see, but probably the fastest certified media. I wouldn't bet on seeing certified media at or above 20X thats any good.

[shawn_nee]

With newer technology will come faster speeds. I think it will eventually get as fast as cd are now, but depending on what type of info you want to burn will most likely be a factor in how fast you go. I think the Beastie Boys said it best

" Let it flow - let yourself go
Slow and low - that is the tempo"

You're killin me smalls!!

[Charalambos]

I think it will eventually get as fast as cd are now

Shawn_nee, don't forget that 1x speed for CDs is 150 KB/sec whereas 1x speed for DVDs is 1352 KB/sec. Anyway, I personaly don't risk to make any prediction, yet 32x speed for DVDs... I don't know.

[MaLing]

Oh 2005 is right. Dirve speed is not the only one matter to be taken care, media must also be taken into account. Without good discs, speed is meanlingless.

[Robbo]

Ive got a 18 speed H22L from LG havent actually tested the differance between 16 and 18x.

[Phoenix]

Ive got a 18 speed H22L from LG havent actually tested the differance between 16 and 18x.

Its X2

[Jito463]

Probably comes down to about 30 seconds, lol.