On May 30, 2010, at 10:16 AM, Matt Emson wrote: > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 30 May 2010, at 16:45, John Carmonne <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The disk price means nothing with a crapola underpowered drive. > > You will find, the +/- makes a world of difference. Most drives prefer one > over the other. My Macbook prefers DVD+R. I don't have a lower spec machine > to compare to. > > You will find burn speed makes a big difference. An 8x drive, might only > really handle 4x in the real world. Burning at max speed makes coasters on a > lot of systems.
Yes, burn speed is sometimes a consideration for me, I usually allow toast to chose the optimal burn speed but when I get a problem rip I use 2X and sometimes even change drives for it. I avoid DLs for movies if I can get it on a 4.7 without too much compression but some movies have to be compressed to much to be viewable on a 4.7 so I will fight the DL problem. The best burners for me have been Pioneer 118L. I've had the Samsung and LeCie both were problematic. most of my burning is on my G5 and G4 PPCs but on the road I use my MBP with a Pioneer external. The MacBooks and PowerBooks will do it but their internal drives are slow and can be unreliable even after a cleaning with a Phillips cleaning disk. but that's just me:-) John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA Sent from my MBP -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
