Its a 24x speed drive; does it write CLV all the way up to 24x or just up to 16x (or just up to 12x (or just up to 8x!))?

Thanks in advance [^]

Its a 16X CLV recorder

(in reply to Lev)

Sorry. Sorry!

Far too much beer.

Moving on,

Its actually a 24101B.

Same question as above applies!



ARRRRRRRGH!

(in reply to Lev)

do you mean the LiteON 24102B?? or is there a 24101B model I don't know about??

I believe your drive burns at 16x using CLV. When you burn at 24x, it starts at 16x, switches to 20X@6min, and then 24X@16min using Z-CLV. I hope this helps

(in reply to Lev)

Umm, yes, I did mean a LiteON 24102B. One should not partake in forums after copious amount of alcohol...

Anyway, what I really meant to ask is: Is Constant Linear Velocity the best? Or is Z-CLV? What other types are there and how do they measure up to these two?

Thanks!

(in reply to Lev)

My favourites are plain CLV and CAV. They don't leave "rings" on your CD-R's and they seem to produce fewer errors.

TerminalVeloCD

(in reply to Lev)

The different types of burning methods are:
CLV - Constant Linear Velocity (the burner starts burning at a speed, and burns at that speed the whole time)
CAV - Constant Angular Velocity (The burner begins the burn at a certain speed, and the speed increases at a steady rate until the burn is completed)
Z-CLV: Zonal Constant Linear Velocity (The burner burns steadily at a certain speed for a given amount of time, and then jumps to a faster speed at the beginning of the next "zone" I believe there are 3 "zones" on a CD)
P-CAV: Partial Constant Angular Velocity (The burner begins burning at a certain speed, but the speed accelerates quickly for a short time, then the acceleration slows down and is constant for the remaining time of the burn)

For more info on P-CAV and Z-CLV check out the article here: http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/Articles/Specific.asp?ArticleHeadline=PCAV+vs%2E+ZCLV+Recording+Technlogies&index=0

I tend to agree with Terminal Velocity that CLV and CAV are the best writing methods, however the point is easily debatable since a good quality burner using any method will still produce high quality burns.

(in reply to Lev)

Thanks - very very useful, informative and concise.

Top stuff!

(in reply to Lev)