DVD Burning?

it depends on the media (the cds and dvds) if you are using generic/cheaps one, then it is recommended to choose speed at the middle of the selections, i usually chose 24x because cheap media cannot sometimes handle the speed spins of the cd/dvd writer due to its quality. original media are tolerable at maximum speeds they can deliver a fast burn data (songs, movies, documents) without errors. to play safe i guess you should select the 2nd highest speed to eliminate errors, that is if you are not on hurry.

I have heard about that too! They say you risk loosing that cd if yo burn it with maximum speed, So for me I use average speed.

from experience, it really depends on what are you going to use those discs for. If the disc is going to contain data, and is going to be read only be PCs, go ahead, burn them at the highest speed. However, if you are burning an audio CD, and you are planning for it to be read by, say, a low-end CD player or the car CD player, I suggest burning it at the lowest speed. I've wasted so many blank discs just to find this fact out. It's the same for DVDs/CDs containing movies. If you are using a low-end player or an old one, consider burning at lower speeds. If using high-end players or equipment though, they're probably more than capable of reading discs burned at a higher speed. I'm not really sure what the cause of this is, but I'm guessing it's the quality of the laser or the components around it that determines what the player can read or not. In the case of the car cd player though, I think the low burning speed helps when the car is bumping up and down the road... this is just a guess though, not a expert assessment.