Hi, I got (as a gift) a bunch of GigaStore GSC502 DVD+R which will only record at 2.4x on my 3500a, although they were supposed to achieve at least 4x. Can anyone put overspeed info about this media into one of the newer firmwares (liggy's or other) so I can try burning faster?

Thanks!

Daniel Drummond

The media info is:

Media Information
Region information N/A not a DVD-VIDEO
Media code/Manufacturer ID GSC502 002
Media Product Revision Number 00h
Format Capacity Blank Disc
Free Blocks 405405696
Free Capacity 4.38GB(4.70GB)
Book Type DVD+R
Media Type DVD+R
Manufacturer Rated Speed 4.0x 5540KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 2.4x 3324KBps
Linear Density Blank Disc
Track Density Unknown
Number of Layers 1

Complete Media Code
00000000 01 02 00 00 A1 0F 02 00 00 03 00 00 00 26 05 3F .............&.?
00000010 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 47 53 43 35 30 32 00 00 30 .......GSC502..0
00000020 30 32 00 38 23 54 37 13 02 4A 71 02 90 66 16 16 02.8#T7..Jq..f..
00000030 0B 0B 0A 0A 01 1C 1E 0B 0C 12 12 01 00 00 00 00 ................




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Unique Disc Identifier : [DVD+R:GSC502-002-000]
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Disc & Book Type : [DVD+R] - [Not Available]
Manufacturer Name : [GigaStorage Corp.]
Manufacturer ID : [GSC502]
Media Type ID : [002]
Product Revision : [Not Specified]
Disc Application Code : [General Purpose]
Recording Speeds : [1x , 2.4x , 4x]
Blank Disc Capacity : [2,295,104 Sectors = 4,482.6MB = 4.38GB (4.70GB)]
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