CR-RW media speed

[billkal]

I am about to buy a CD-RW. However, when I went to Office Max investigating a rebate, I noticed that the drives were speeds like 48x24x48, but all the media for sale were much slower. What's the story?

Thanks,
Bill

[Telexen]

It just means they still have it in stock...you shouldn't have a problem finding 48x media...even if you do 40x is still fast.

[agathodaimon]

yeah, just don't try to burn faster than what the CDRW media is rated at, otherwise you'll end up with coasters.

how do you get a coaster with a cd-rw agathodaimon?

[agathodaimon]

Every time that I've tried burning onto slower media, (i.e. a 2x disc) at a speed setting of let's say 16x or 32x, the burn gets messed up and I've either got to toss the disc in the trash, or use it as a drink coaster.

but a cd-rw? why not just reformat it and try again?

i think you are getting getting cd-rw and cd-r mixed up

[billkal]

Do the high speed drives work satisfactorily writing and rewriting at the low speeds?

yes, but most of the problems people have with creating coasters is the cd-rs you use

[Xeroid]

Originally posted by Telexen
It just means they still have it in stock...you shouldn't have a problem finding 48x media...even if you do 40x is still fast.

Ha, I went into Office Depot the other day and picked up some CD-Rs. They had ten 10x CD-Rs for $9.99 and ten 48x CD-R's for $6.99. Guess they had more money tied up in their old stock.

[agathodaimon]

Originally posted by GroundZero3
but a cd-rw? why not just reformat it and try again?

i think you are getting getting cd-rw and cd-r mixed up

DOH!!! I was at work with no sleep....