Speed to burn DVD safely (for maximum longevity)

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Hello, I want to burn a DVD safely (for maximum longevity). It is an ISO that I have to burn (it has important files, so it is important the quality to burn).

I use Active@ ISO Burner and it show me the next speeds (The DVD is: Verbatim DVD+R 16x): 3.0x (4155 KB/s), 4.0x (5540 KB/s), 6.0x (8310 KB/s), 8.0x (11080 KB/s).

Then I associate this to writting with a pen, if I increase my speed I write more words in less time BUT my probability for mistakes would be higher and vice versa. I do not know if this logic is applied to burn DVD at different speeds. Can you help me, please? I do not know if I am right or not.

NOTES:
  • * I bought my laptop last year.

Thanks.
 
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Boogieman_WD
Hey there.

You've somewhat have a point there although things are not quite as you might have described them. I could go on explaining everything myself but here @Insert_Nickname has done it pretty well and deserves the credit: https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/does-the-speed-at-which-you-burn-dvds-have-an-effect-on-the-quality.2380465/.

Basically the slower the better in most cases, but that does not mean you won't get different quality from different brands. Just like everything else, I'd recommend that you opt out for the proven ones in the business.

You could also check out this article for some more tips: http://www.pcworld.com/article/127828/article.html (even though it might look outdated, the issue and the technology...
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Hey there.

You've somewhat have a point there although things are not quite as you might have described them. I could go on explaining everything myself but here @Insert_Nickname has done it pretty well and deserves the credit: https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/does-the-speed-at-which-you-burn-dvds-have-an-effect-on-the-quality.2380465/.

Basically the slower the better in most cases, but that does not mean you won't get different quality from different brands. Just like everything else, I'd recommend that you opt out for the proven ones in the business.

You could also check out this article for some more tips: http://www.pcworld.com/article/127828/article.html (even though it might look outdated, the issue and the technology hasn't changed much since then and everything's still viable).

Hope that helps.
Boogieman_WD
 
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Older drives tended to have variances in recording quality with faster or slower speeds. Today if I were burning music I would do it low speed, but files? Burn em as fast as possible and run an error check at the end.

DVD's are not volatile, if you burn one today and it checks good it will last literally forever.
 
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I never fill a DVD more than 95% up as if you completely fill a DVD some drives experience issues with reading them. Also, I never burn DVDs faster than 8X and CDs no more than 12X.
 
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Thank you for your replies :)

Boogieman_WD the link is so detailed :) . The user talks about different record strategies: 'CAV', 'CLV', 'Z-CAV', 'Z-CLV' and finally he recomend CLV strategy for archival purposes (for information about the exactly strategy which you are using is provided by driver manufacturer, but it shows me nothing about my driver model... :( ) . He says APPROXIMATELLY for CLV strategy you have to burn at 4x or less.

So, finally I will burn at lower speed: 4.0x (5540 KB/s) for use CLV strategy.
 
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