What does the writing speed mean on a recordable DVD?

Question

Does a higher speed mean better image quality?

Answer 1

no that is just the speed which the writer writes the dvd

1x=1.32mbps

2x=2.64mbps

3x=3.96mbps

4x=5.28mbps

5x=6.60mbps

6x=7.93mbps

8x=10.57mbps

10x=13.21mbps

12x=15.85mbps

16x=21.13mbps

that is exact

Answer 2

The speed doesn't affect the quality.  If there is a 4x speed and an 8x speed, they will both have the same quality, but the 8x speed will write the disc twice as fast.

Answer 3

this is what speed the data is written to the disc, the higher speed the cd/dvd the faster it can be written to but the quality of the product will be lower  , for instance rather than taking ages to burn something it would burn alot faster.

hope this helped.