Finder doesn't offer burn DVD at maximum speed

I have a fairly recent PowerMac G5 with a DVD writer that can use DVD+RW discs up to 8x. I spent a fortune on some difficult to find 8x DVD+RW discs, and then had the disappointment that Finder only offers 1 speed: 3x. What's going on? I seem to recall that Backup didn't give me a choice of speed at all (and I had foolishly assumed it had automatically used maximum speed).
By the way, I'm using the only 8x DVD+RW discs that seem to be available in the UK - Ricoh Ultra Speed.

Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, the Apple Store (UK) doesn't sell DVD+RW discs at all, and searching everywhere in the UK the Ricoh are the only brand of 8x RW discs available at the moment. It's a standard DVD writer, that according to Pioneers specifications supports 8x DVD+RW. I wonder why Apple hasn't updated Finder to support it.
I also cannot understand why, having bought my mac about 8 months ago, these DVD discs aren't generally available. For me, halving the burn time, is valuable. When backing up to several DVD's it's currently far too time consuming.

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I have big problem with burning CD, all apps from topic title burning my discs (CD and DVD) always with maximum speed (even if I choose lowest speed). It starts with 2.6.34 and remains with 2.6.35. Addition, very often it breaks my cd's or dvd's.
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Error code -43 when burning DVD

When I try to burn a DVD this pops up. Thanks to anyone that can help.
The operation cannot be completed because one or more required items cannot be found.
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