# DVD-R Burning Times

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-r-burning-times/139613>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 30, 2002, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-r-burning-times/139613 "2002-11-30T07:57:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![skaterboarder87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@skaterboarder87](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skaterboarder87)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-r-burning-times/139613/1 "2002-11-30T07:57:38Z")

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How long does it take to burn a full DVD (1 layer) at 1x, 2x, 4x, etc? Thanks.

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**Author:** ![barking\_frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@barking\_frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barking_frog)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-r-burning-times/139613/2 "2002-11-30T08:41:58Z")

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About 20 - 25 minutes without data checking at 2x. It may be less, since I haven’t burned one in a while.

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**Author:** ![skaterboarder87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@skaterboarder87](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skaterboarder87)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-r-burning-times/139613/3 "2002-11-30T08:45:37Z")

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Thanks. But what’s data checking? Also, would a 4x DVD burner burn twice as fast as a 2x burner?

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**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-r-burning-times/139613/4 "2002-11-30T10:30:10Z")

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If I’m not mistaken, DVD-R 1x is the same speed per byte as CD-R 8x. That would make 2x the same speed as 16x, and 4x the same as 32x CD-R speed.

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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-r-burning-times/139613/5 "2002-11-30T15:57:17Z")

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It depends on the speed of your computer, your drive & of course, your media & then the amount of data to write. So a whole lot of variables there.