DVD disc burn speed

Can a DVD-R disc be written faster than it's rated
speed? If the disc says it's rated speed is 4X, can
you burn it at 8X, etc? If you can, will the disc be
readable later?
Also, does anyone have any reccomendations as to the
most reliable media. I have been using TDK for about
3 years, but have been reading about Taiyo Yuden.
G4 MDD Mac OS X
(10.3.9) I have a Pioneer DVD-RW 110D
G4 MDD
Mac OS X (10.3.9) I have a Pioneer DVD-RW
110D
Generally, no. While there may be firmware hacks to make a drive burn a disc faster than the disc's rated speed, you're just asking for problems down the road, assuming that you even get a "successful" burn. If you need to burn at 8X, get 8X discs, or just wait a bit longer for the 4X discs to burn at their rated speed.
The media that's generally regarded as the top rated are Maxell, TDK, Taiyo Yuden and Verbatim. Verbatim appears to be well regarded with DVD+R DL discs, and they're one of the few brands of DL discs that you can find without having to order online.
This page is a good reference for media quality: http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm

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• Brand and type of DVD used
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• Free Space on Start-up (Mac OS) hard disk
Did You try Your DVD on
• Your Mac
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Try a different brand. Highly recommended:
FUJI
TDK
Verbatim
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Ian
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Sorry if this is a stupid question. But I want to how do I find out what the burn speed/rate a dvd is burning? As I've read that lots of people are only getting 2x.
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I've had the same problems with burning speed and
found that you won't get more than 2 x with an 8 x
DVD-R. I was using 8 x TDK and they wouldn't burn at
more than 2 x. I then switched to 16 x discs and they
burn at 8 x with no problems at all. This applies to
both TDK and Verbatim disks.
20" Intel Imac Mac OS X
(10.4.7)
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Here is the explination on the different DVD's.
http://www.videohelp.com/dvd
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When it comes to DVD Players, Formats, and Burners, of the hundreds of different manufactures, All are opting to be the Industry Standard, and it appears they insert there little chinks that almost force users to use there products exclusively.
There is always a backlash from these marketing ploys.
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