Help! 4x Question.
 

I've only recently gotten into burning DVDs; thank goodness I have a DVD duplicator that goes up to 12x. Anyway, I read that 4x blanks are being discontinued (if this is ancient news, forgive me--I've been in a cave on this). 8x is the new standard, of course. But, I have two very new 4x burners I'd like to use for awhile more--how finite is the 4x blanks supply? Should I buy up as many as I can now, or what?

Thanks!!!

You can always use an 8X and burn at 4X. Can't you? I've not heard of anything preventing you from doing that.

Okay, that's good to know (though I've heard contrary info that you can't use an 8x blank on a 4x burner). I'm impressively ignorant about such fine points right now. Thanks for the input.

You should be able to use 8x media with your 4x burnern. However,
I would run some tests before buying large quantities and such.
Not every (8x) media (brand) might work on your burner for
example.

Has anyone tried 8X disks in the Quicksilver superdrives? The prom upgrade took care of the 4X issue -- is the same true for 8X?

Tnx

I have a QuickSilver but my drive only burns at 1x but I've been able to use 8x media from maxell.

Whoops. Make that Memorex.

Well, it's somewhat academic, now. I sprung for one of La Cie's new 16X d2 drives. I hope to see a serious improvement in burning time.