DVD burners spin up a gear

Isnt the sppeed 6x and 8x dependent on the data transfered and not how fast it spins etc. Therefore, why would it be variable as it reaches the outer edges? Pioneer will have teh 8x DVDR107 available at christmas, its yet to be announced!

This is cool

Oriphus,Have you heard of how long it will be before Ritek has 8X certified media out?I'd heard that the 8x recorders were coming near Dec. but I just wanted to find out all I could about when the media would be out,(probably not cheap) thanks!

Oriphus, It's probably not capable of writing at 6X at the inner edge due to the fact that 8X writing there would require much higher angular velocity than at the outher edge. To reach the same linear velocity at the inner edge (at around r=2.1cm) as the outer edge (at around r=5.5cm) the disc would have to spin 5.5/2.1 = 2.6 times faster. Of course it's doable, but technically much more challenging. I'm sure we'll se "true" 8x drives soon, though.

10 minutes isn´t all that bad. When are we going to see Blu-ray recorders? Those are what I´m waiting for.

Cheers for the info Ketola, appreciated as usual. Ghost Dog, Blu ray is out already, but pretty useless since feck all supports it. I have been in contact with Conrexx, Traxdata and ritek promoters Europe, where i am an affiliate and they are getting back to me on a release date for 8x DVD-R ritek. i'll post in the media forum when they arrive.