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| | | Monday, July 28, 2008 |  | Optical Drives
By Binod @ 11:53 AM :: 11343 Views :: 5 Comments ::  :: PC Hardware Guides |  |
Types of CD & DVD Drives
Now that we’ve covered the different types of discs, it’s time to grasp which disc drives can handle which types of discs.
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CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read Only Memory)
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CD-R, CD-RW
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CD-R (Compact Disc-Recordable)
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CD-R,
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CD-R
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CD-RW (Compact Disc ReWritable)
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CD-R, CD-RW
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CD-R, CD-RW
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DVD-ROM (DVD-Read Only Memory)
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CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW and DVD+R DL
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DVD-R (DVD Recordable)
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CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW and DVD+R DL
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CD-R, CD-RW and DVD-R
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DVD-RW (DVD-ReWritable)
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CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW and DVD+R DL
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CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R and DVD-RW
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DVD+R ( DVD+Recordabe)
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CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW and DVD+R DL
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CD-R, CD-RW and DVD+R discs
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DVD+RW (DVD+ReWritable)
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from CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW and DVD+R DL
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CD-R, CD-RW, DVD+R and DVD+RW
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BD-ROM (Blu-ray Disc – Read Only Memory)
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CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW DVD+R DL, BD-R and BD-RE
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BD-R (Blu-ray Recordable)
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BD-R, BD-RE CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW and DVD+R DL
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BD-R, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD+R DL
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BD-RE (Blu-ray Disc-RErecordable)
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BD-R, BD-RE CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW and DVD+R DL
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BD-R, BD-RE, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD+R DL
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| Comments |  By
mfk @
Thursday, August 14, 2008 5:53 PM | |
what about combo drives???
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| ByHorst Schlemmer @
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 8:51 PM |
whats with HD-DVD?
Thats not helpful! |
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Val Gemino @
Sunday, August 24, 2008 12:59 PM | |
Your article is very educational. |
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Aaron Moody @
Tuesday, September 02, 2008 3:47 AM | |
some what correct but you define dvd+dl as 8.55GB storing 4.7GB per layer have you ever tried to burn that much to a duel layer disc i bet you wont be able to why because they lie just like HDD manufacturers they use the decimal mesurement and not binary so your 8.55 becomes 8.4 and 4.7 becomes 4.2 respectivly please use the right mesurement otherwise people will get pissed off because the cant reach the stated burn limit |
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Dean @
Tuesday, December 09, 2008 3:46 PM |
So a 48X32X52X CD-RW optical drive can write DVD-R disc at the speed of 48X, write DVD-RW at the speed of 32X and read CD at the speed of 52X.
According to the table in page 2 the above statement(which I copied from your article) is not correct. |
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