Very slow DVD burning & any monitoring software?

Although I've owned my iMac for months I've only just tried burning some data DVDs from Finder and the speed is unbelievably slow - though successful. I'd estimate its running at 1x or 2x
I'm using 8x Ritek -R media which burns at 8x in other PC drives.
Any ideas on how to
1. speed it up
2. turn off verification
3. monitor/check the speed it's actually burning at?
Thanks
iMac Core Duo 1GB Mac OS X (10.4.8)

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