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4x vs 8x DVD Burners
Do you lose video quality when you use a 8x DVD burner compared a 4x burner. I heard since the 8x is faster you are losing video quality. Is this true? Also dell has an single drive option for a 4x DVD+RW. Does this also include a CD burner for the dimension4600. Thanks.
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Posted December 13th, 2003 00:00
The 4X DVD+RW drive from Dell
And that manufacturer who be who? It would be nice to be able to know rather basic things like this when you order. I mean, you would NOT want to get an I/O Magic burner ... well, if you believe Maximum PC.
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Posted December 13th, 2003 01:00
Cody, you can 'bust' in here if you like.319
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Posted December 13th, 2003 04:00
Doesn't matter if you burn at 1X or 50X all a burner is doing is writing 0's and 1's. As long as the disk is burned with no errors it'll sound, look and play the same. The same file is burnt to the disk byte for byte regardless of the speed it is written. The only reason people sometimes burn slower than the blank or the writer is capable of is to keep from having buffer errors resulting in creating a coaster.
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Posted December 13th, 2003 10:00
Hi John Cool,
The 4X DVD+RW that Dell has been shipping for almost a year now is the NEC 1100a. Many Members that have done a fair amount of burning have a speed that works bet for them or equipment, you will find that for car players a speed of 12x does an excelent job.
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Posted December 12th, 2003 18:00
There is no data that I have seen in my experience that confirms this theory. The ability to write to DVD+R media at 8x speed does not decrease the bitrate or quality of the encoded video stream in any way.
- Does this also include a CD burner for the dimension4600.
The 4X DVD+RW drive from Dell will also be able to write to CD-R and CD-RW media.