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what's the best speed for burning dvd?

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I am running Mac the ripper & popcorn II and was wondering whats the best speed to use. Right now im using HP DVD+R and it says 16x. If I was to go to 16x will the clarity be the same? Thanks in advance
 
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the actual recording will be the same no matter what speed you burn at. lower speeds help keep you from burning coasters (discs with errors or unplayable discs). if 16x burns reliably for you on the media you normally use, you should feel ok leaving it at that speed. if you sometimes get a coaster, you may want to think about lowering the burn speed.
 
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eric's got it right, you can burn at max speed that doesn't produce coasters

not familiar with that software, still doing my burning on a pc, but if it shows a window indicating the cache on the optical drive, and the drive is able to keep a good cache ahead of the burn, then you're typically in good shape

for clarity, remember you're dealing with 1's and 0's here, so it either gets it or it doesn't
 

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