What is recording speed?
Recording Speed is the time it takes for a CD-R writer to write or burn the information to a CD-R disc. Currently, 16X is the preferred choice of speed in the industry. 16X means it takes 16 times as fast to write the information to the disc. For example, a 74-minute recording would take 74 minutes at 1X, 37 minutes at 2X, 18.5 minutes at 4X, 9.25 minutes at 8X, and 4.625 minutes at 16X. These times are general and do no account for lead in and lead out times, but they are a good rule of thumb. Pressing vs. Burning Pressing is the act of stamping out CDs at a replication house. These discs are created with a glass master, and then the CD is stamped or pressed out with the information already on the disc. Burning is the act of burning the information to the disc in a CD-R writer or burner. The visual difference between pressed and burned CDs is that pressed have the silver bottom that is all one shade. An example would be any CD you have purchased at a store, they were pressed. A burned
Recording Speed is the time it takes for a CD-R writer to “write” or “burn” the information to a CD-R disc. Currently, 52X is the preferred choice of speed in the industry. 52X means it takes 52 times as fast to write the information to the disc. For example, an 80-minute recording would take 80 minutes at 1X, 20 minutes at 4X, 5 minutes at 16X, 2.5 minutes at 32X, and 1.6 minutes at 52X. These times are general and do no account for lead in and lead out times, but they are a good rule of thumb. Pressing vs. Burning Pressing is the act of stamping out CDs at a replication house. These discs are created with a glass master, and then the CD is stamped or “pressed” out with the information already on the disc. Burning is the act of burning the information to the disc in a CD-R writer or burner. The visual difference between pressed and burned CDs is that pressed have the silver bottom that is all one shade. An example would be any CD you have purchased at a store, they were pressed. A bur
