Speed Matters?

[Greenlizard0]

I am trying to get a Hindu styled Baptism which was filmed via a DVR copied so that members of the family can each have their own memento.

While writing the copies I am finding that using the "MAX" settings results in tea coasters. If I slow the burning process to 2x () everything works. The discs are Kodak branded gear. What gives?

 

[Glaucus]

what speed are the discs rated at... best to manually set it at there maximum. Or perhaps your system is to slow and you are lagging.

 

[Greenlizard0]

The CD's themselves state 8x, but even with max settings I get nowhere near that speed, and in order to not create a tea coaster I have to use 2.1x/2.4x.

I had thought that perhaps it is my system, it's a laptop but not all that bad :

1.73GHz dual core Intel, 2GB PC4200 RAM, though I only have 3GB of the 80GB hard drive free - could this be an issue? I wouldn't have thought so..