Do Faster Burning Speed Lower Quality?

[kcac]

I use DVD Rebuilder and CCE basic, and then then burn with Nero. Does the burning speed have any effect on qualty?

I ask this because I once backed up a DVD of an old 1970's Christmas show. The video on the original disc is not the best to begin with. I made a back up burning at 4x, thought it looked bad, and burned again at 2.4x and thought it looked as good as the original.

After the above incident, I started burning all my back-ups at 2.4x just to ensure the best quality back-up. But since I am relatively new to backing up DVDs, I would like to confirm this with those more knowledgeable. Is there is a correlation between slower burn speed and better back-up disc picture quality?

Thanks

[erdoke]

Originally posted by kcac
Is there a correlation between slower burn speed and better back-up disc picture quality?

Not necessarily. All depends on the burner/media/player triangle. Some 8X rated media can be burned at 12X or even 16X with a certain drive, others can't be burned even at their rated speed.
Read a couple of tests on your writer, than go to the forums and search for media compatibility. Buy media which is claimed good by most of the users.

[Rockas]

Does the burning speed have any effect on qualty?
The answer is no... the burning speed doesn't interfere the video quality it self.
It is important when it come to readability.
A slow speed will give you a less error on the data recorded.

[erdoke]

Originally posted by Rockas

A slow speed will give you a less error on the data recorded.

My previous post seems to be neglected a bit. :D

[jdobbs]

As long as it burns with no errors, the burn speed has no affect on quality. But depending upon the disc type, drive brand, and speed there could be a possiblity of errors in the end result... a disc containing errors can result in blocking that might be misinterpreted as poor quality encoding.