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First 16x DVD+R Recording Tests Available

Posted by timothy on from the buncha-freaks dept.

An anonymous reader submits "CD Freaks.com has made a first preview of 16x DVD recording. Many people wondered if 16x DVD recording would be too fast and data could not be delivered by the hard disk. The first tests show that this is not a real problem. 16x DVD recording means that a DVD disk is written in about 6 minutes . The test drive, a BenQ DW1600, also supports dual layer writing and writing at 16x to 8x media."

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  1. Ahem by The-Bus · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've already overclocked my DVD burner. It now burns stuff I haven't even downloaded yet.

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  2. Good for them by huber · · Score: 5, Interesting

    they had an SATA raid 0 array. What about us people whos boxen still only has a single ata 100 or 133?

    1. Re:Good for them by _generica · · Score: 5, Informative

      /bok'sn/ pl.n. [very common; by analogy with VAXen]
      Fanciful plural of box often encountered in the phrase `Unix boxen', used to describe commodity Unix hardware. The connotation is that any two Unix boxen are interchangeable.

      ph34r

  3. Finally... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    My porn backups will be able to keep up with my downloads...

  4. Re:Yes, but.... by damiangerous · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or you could, you know, maybe stop playing UT for the six minutes it takes to burn a DVD at that speed.

  5. Re:Do DVDs work like CDs by ahaning · · Score: 5, Funny

    Heh. Things have progressed a bit since the 2x CD-R days. What probably happened was that your drive just wasn't able to distinguish the pits in the CD your friend burned.

    I have an older (5-6 years old) laptop whose CD-ROM drive can't read all the discs I burn. It can read most any silver that I give it, though. I'm guessing it's just that the laser isn't able to "see" the pits my CDRW burns (it's an 8x4x32, so it's rather old, too.)

    BTW, if you burn audio discs at 16x, do they play at that speed? ;-)

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  6. Re:Yes, but.... by kfg · · Score: 5, Funny

    Good Lord man! The average person will pass out after only two minutes of not playing UT and it takes years of training to go as long as five.

    Expecting the average Joe to stop for six is simply absurd.

    KFG

  7. just a question by louden+obscure · · Score: 5, Funny

    am i gonna need a kevlar blanket to drape over my damn box just in case a faulty disc explodes?

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  8. a summary by vmircea · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Basically to give a little summary for people who like having information condensed into a readable form... of things you should know about this technology...

    1. Unless you have a smoking hard drive you're not gonna see 16X speeds (ATA hard drive? you wish)

    2. Unless your PC is relatively fast as well, in addition to a good deal of RAM (as in their test system) it's also not going to happen.

    3. And an IMPORTANT note: Don't get caught up in the craze of getting the newest thing, this will probably cost an unholy amount when it comes out, and the requirements will be really high, which will add to the price as well. I have a 4X DVDRW and although it isn't anywhere near as fast, I don't need godly system specs to use it. And neither do I need to drop anything else I'm doing. Also note that on a lesser system that they tested it with you will see significantly slower writing.

    Hope you found this helpful.