Slow DL burn speeds with DVR-112D

Hi guys,
hopefully someone out there can sort me out!
OK. Mac Pro with DVD-RW DVR-112D Pioneer drive. Firmware revision is AC08. Using Toast 8.0.1 to burn.
Recently bought 8x Datawrite DVD+R DL discs.
The problem is Toast only burns them at 2x. Even in the speed drop down in Toast only "Best" and "2x" appear as a speed options.
What gives? How can I burn at 8x? Is it Apple's firmware slowing things up?
For the record I get better speeds from Verbatim DVD+R DL 2.4x discs (about 4x-5x).
Thanks in advance,
d0zer

Different brands of discs can burn at different speeds in one drive. The same brand can burn at different speeds in different drives. When a blank is inserted, the drives reads information from the disk to determine possible burn speeds. Different model drives, or even just different firmware versions, have different capabilities.
The first Verbatim DVD+R DL discs I bought had 2.4X printed on the box, but there was a yellow sticker saying up to 8X with some drives. The latest ones still say 2.4X, but there is now a yellow box (printed, not a sticker) that says "up to 6X speed with compatible high speed DVD+R DL drives". Disk Utility burns old and new ones at 8X with no verify errors.
I have a Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-110 with version 1.41 firmware. A DVR-112 should do at least as well, unless the Apple firmware limits it.
If you want the high burn speed, you will have to buy the Verbatim disks.

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