DVD Speeds ?

[mlc2000]

Why is that CD burners are capable of burning at 52X speed yet DVD burners have topped out at 16X for single layer and 6X for DL?

[Emancipated]

Different technology calls for different methods of burnig.

Here's an indepth explanation.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301551

[Firestorm ZERO]

the speed is based on how many times faster compared to the original 1st drive. So a 52x CD is 52 times faster than the first cd-rom drive. 16x DVD is 16x faster than the 1st dvd. This doesn't mean the TRANSFER rate is the same as a CD though.

http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html#4.2

[sickcars]

Why is that CD burners are capable of burning at 52X speed yet DVD burners have topped out at 16X for single layer and 6X for DL?

Also there is a 18X DVD burner out from Plextor.
Ciao

[willy]

Why is that CD burners are capable of burning at 52X speed yet DVD burners have topped out at 16X for single layer and 6X for DL?

To make a very long story short ....

1x CD (150KB/s) <<< 1x DVD (1.32MB/s) and << 1x BD (4.5MB/s) in case you want to know ...

[Amourek]

1x DVD is much faster than 1x CD.

[rabbit]

1xDVD is faster than 8xCD (almost 9x)

16xDVD x 8 = 128xCD.