TDK CD-Rs are always made by either Ritek or CMC, and even though neither one of these manufacturers is really a top end disc, they are FAR from crap! Mitsumi however is basically another word for craptacular-waste-of-money. Even your burner's brand name aside, when you start getting optical power calibration (OPC) errors on HIGHLY well known and used CD-Rs, there is just something wrong. Also, having to burn a CD-R at 2x is disgusting, and not very good for the media either. Most media isn't made to be burned slower then 8x anymore, and your LG 8526B will likely reflect this. My slightly older LG 8525B would not burn any CD-Rs slower then 8x.
If you're looking for the ideal burn speed for CD-Rs, it's usually 16x-24x on most discs.
To those of you wondering why it isn't always better when you burn it slower, keep this in mind. The dye in the CD-R is being manufactured to handle speeds of up to 52x (even 54x!) now. This sort of high speed means that the laser when burning will be spending almost no time at all on each specific pit to record it, so the laser power is very VERY high when compared to lower speeds. Making a dye type that can handle both short term high laser intensity bursts, as well as long term low laser intensity bursts, is VERY difficult. Think of it like cooking actually... if you are cooking meat, your results will differ quite when cooking something at a low heat for a long time, then when cooking it for a 5 seconds at 10 million degrees (sorry, not a cook, probably butchered that explanation).
Anyways, that's my best guess on what's wrong and why. It sounds like you've already done the best thing at this point... although I would have recommended LiteON for their CD Burners over LG (but not for DVD Burners, NEVER BUY LITEON DVD BURNERS).
and now... I'm off to work! (I hate working on new years eve!) |
