Has anyone been able to burn +R at 4X using a Sony DRU-500A?

[schuang74]

OK so after the firmware upgrade, has anyone with a 500A been able to burn + media at 4X?

[Solr_Flare]

I havn't bought any 4x +R media myself....is it even available at this point?

[VEFF]

I havn't bought any 4x +R media myself....is it even available at this point?

BB has been selling Verbatimn 4X DVD+R for a while now.
They stopped selling the 50 packs though (back to only 2.4X now), but still have the 5 packs of 4X Verbatim DVD+R...

[Justin42]

I burned 4.2gb of data onto one of the Verbatim 4X DVD+R's last night with Recordnow Max 4.5, it worked great and burned in about 14 minutes.. very nice! My Acer (Pioneer) DVD-ROM read the disc fine..

(I should mention I upgraded to the 1.0g firmware before the burn)

[schuang74]

I guess I am more relieved that it worked for someone. I am using Memorex DVD+R disks however they are not raited for any speed (at least not that I can tell). I assume they are 2.4X. From the looks of it, unlike CDR drives, do DVD writers lock you into whatever the media specs are? So if I use 2.4X media, I cannot force a 4X burn?

[Justin42]

I think pretty much any DVD format is closer to CD-RW discs, that has a minimum and a maximum physically encoded on the disc. So you may be able to force a disc to burn slower, but I don't think you can force a burn faster than rated speed. (well, I know for the Pioneers you can get hacked firmware and burn anything at 2X, but that's a different story)

So, unless it specifically says 4X (which is only the Verbatims for +R, at least "stuff I can get fast at BB") you're stuck at 2.4X for DVD+R/RW's.

[glock20rocks]

My local Best Buy doesn't have 4x +R discs
Only 2.4x...
Oh well, I'll wait for the armor-plated TDK 4x +R discs....
STILL haven't tried the 4x +R my drive came with. Waiting to get some more...