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[peeps]

if i recopy those discs...doesn't it matter that i burned them at a higher speed?....also i never knew that you had to read it at the same speed your recording as..and for my final question....if my ps2 does read it at high speeds is there a change of damaging the laser?

[edu20zip]

Yes, there's a risk of damaging your PS2's laser unit... this is because the faster you record it, the harder the laser has to work in order to read everything properly, shortening considerably your laser unit's lifespan. This risk can be greatly reduced by recording at 4x and using good media (the most reflective possible).

As for recopying from a disc burned at high speeds, yes, it would work as long as the disc drive that reads the source disc is a good one.

Regards!

[SledDog]

Sorry edu20zip, but that's basically bullshit.

Typically, the faster you burn, the more shallow (due to less time focused over a particular area of the media) and more elongated (due to the faster rotational speed) the data pits become. This may cause the laser to have difficulty determining whether the pit is a valid 1 or 0, or throws the read timing off due to the pit being longer in length than expected. Media quality and reflectivity are two other factors.

Neither will "damage" the laser in the PS2 to the extent you imply, nor greatly impact the life of the laser diode. I don't know where you picked up your ideas, but they're not factual and misleading...

[edu20zip]

Originally posted by Balto

Typically, the faster you burn, the more shallow (due to less time focused over a particular area of the media) and more elongated (due to the faster rotational speed) the data pits become. This may cause the laser to have difficulty determining whether the pit is a valid 1 or 0, or throws the read timing off due to the pit being longer in length than expected. Media quality and reflectivity are two other factors.

Neither will "damage" the laser in the PS2 to the extent you imply, nor greatly impact the life of the laser diode.

Well, to start off, you seem to acknowledge that the faster you record it, the harder will be for the laser to read the media. I may have chosen the wrong words on my post but we seem to be saying the same thing. Also, bear with me as english isn't my native language.
I also refer to media quality on my post.

As for the damage, ok, I may admit that reading my previous post would have one think that the laser really gets damaged by reading media recorded at high speeds. I picked up too strong words but basically what I said actually happens. It won't damage the laser to the extent my previous words have stated but it will make the laser work harder (putting it in plain english), thus logically shortening it's lifespan.

Where I picked up my ideas? Through a couple of years of dealing with backups and lots of reading around.

I don't really thinks what I said earlier was "basically bullshit" since we seem to be saying the same thing, except for my obviously thinner english vocabulary.

Regards!

[SledDog]

LOL Fair enough and my apologies, but the way you stated that the laser life would be shortened would have most people who read it shaking in fear that they were on the verge of destroying their machines because they were playing discs burned faster than 4x.

BTW, the faster you record, the harder it MAY be for the laser to read the disc. Many of the newer burners (Plextor, Yamaha, etc.) have special circuitry built in to compensate during faster burn speeds which yield more uniformly burned pits. It's just that everyone doesn't have a newer burner and therefore needs to be aware of what's really occurring at higher burn speeds.

So, how's the weather over there?

[edu20zip]

Hehe, no need for apologies.

The weather's fine, a bit chilly though

Regards!