wouldnt the slowest speed of the burner already take this into account? For example, my slowest speed is now 4x, my previous burner had a slowest speed of 2x. jco
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jcoconnell.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Anders Hultman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 11:04 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: CD-R lifetimes disputed On Fri, 23 Apr 2004, J. C. O'Connell wrote: > What he did forget was to burn at the slowest possible > burn speed your burner will allow. Makes for most reliable > playback. Not always true. Some claim that there is a "smear effect" when burning too slow. The laser heats up the disc where the beam hits, and if the disc is designed for high speed burning only, it may not stand that heat for the relatively speaking long time each spot is exposed, when burning at slow speeds. An old rule I had was to always burn at the second fastest speed available. That may be more superstition than fact, though. anders ------------------------- http://anders.hultman.nu/ med dagens bild och allt!
