[ale] cdr speeds?

[James P. Kinney III]

If you are able to "burn" a CD at 24x when the disk is rated at 4x, you
won't get a working CD out. It takes a certain amount of energy to
actually make a cd "burn". That energy takes time to be absorbed. If the
energy source is removed before the data is written fully, all that's
happening is trashing a disk. Think of it this way:

Your hand is a CD. To remember something, you are going to mark your
hand. If you hold a lit match about 4 inches below the palm of your
hand, you can hold it there for about 2-3 seconds before it gets too
uncomfortable. Thats burning a 4x at 24x. If you hold the match in place
for 30-40 secs, you will have "recorded" a "bit". And burned your hand!

(Standard "stupidpeople/Lawyers disclaimers apply here!!)

Most reputable CD makers have encoding that specs the max burn speed.
cdrecord can read this and will adjust accordingly.

On Mon, 2002-05-06 at 23:44, Stephen Turner wrote:
> cd's have max speeds? what happens if you burn a cd at
> 24x and its only 4x ? is this just a gimic to make
> money off of?
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