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Which dvd drive and cd drive is available on the market?
These days the CD drives are more and more being replaced by the DVD drives because the drive can also read CD’s. So in a couple of years the CD drive will disappear on the market.
What do you need to know when buying a new drive?When you want to buy a new drive you have to know what you want to do with it. Do you want to burn just CD’s? Do you just want to read DVD’s but also burn CD’s? Do you want to burn much data on a DVD? Which connectors do you need? Are these connectors compatible with your motherboard? Is the burning speed important for you? Etc. etc.
DVD Drives
DVD’s are data storage media where you can store your data on using a DVD writer. If you want to move much data around this could be a perfect solution. On a single DVD you can store up to 4,7 GB of data. On a CD you can store up to 700 MB so a DVD has much more capacity then a CD. On the market there are several different DVD writers available. There are DVD+R, DVD-R, DVD +R and DVD-R, DVD-DL, DVD-RW.
For example:
You have a DVD+R writer in your computer and you have an empty DVD+R disc. You burn the data to the disc. This is possible because your DVD writer supports DVD+R.
After the disc is burned you go to your friend to copy the disc but your friend has only a DVD-R writer so this is not possible because this DVD writer doesn’t support DVD+R.
Fortunately, most newer DVD writers support both.
The DVD-DL means Dual Layer and it has a capacity of 8.5 GB. So on such a disc you can store even more data then on a normal DVD. Using a DVD writer or a dual layer dvd drive you can also burn CD’s.
Near a DVD drives and CD drives there are also drives which is called a CD DVD combo drive. Such drive is a drive which can write and read CD's and can only read DVD's and can not write DVD's.
Below there is a list of what functions most DVD writers support at the moment.Example of what a single DVD writer supports.
| Function | Drive Speed | | Read (CD) | 48 x (7,200 KB/s) | | Read (DVD) | 16 x (21,600 KB/s) | | Write (CD-R) | 48 x (7,200 KB/s) | | Write (CD-RW) | 32 x (4,800 KB/s) | | Write (DVD-R) | 18 x (24,300 KB/s) | | Write (DVD-RW) | 6 x (8,100 KB/s) | | Write (DVD+R) | 18 x (24,300 KB/s) | | Write (DVD+RW) | 8 x (10,800 KB/s) | | Write (DVD-R) Double layer | 8 x (10,800 KB/s) | | Write (DVD+R) Double layer | 8 x (10,800 KB/s) | | Write (DVD-RAM) | 12 x (16,200 KB/s) |
CD Drives
A CD is also a storage medium where you can store your data on
A CD is also a data storage medium where you can store your data on using a CD writer or DVD writer. On a normal CD you can store up to 700 MB. The capacity of a CD is not that much but it is ideal for moving data like documents and a photos on it. So if you want to move smaller files you can burn your data to a CD. Also for CD writers there are several functions and speeds available on the market like a CD-R (recordable) or a CD-RW (rewritable).
Summary
So if you are planning to buy a new DVD- or CD drive, you have to know for what reason you are going to use it for. Do you need a to read DVD’s or CD’s (like watching a DVD movie or photos on a CD)? Do you need to burn DVD’s? Do you need to burn only CD’s? Or do you need to burn CD’s and just read your DVD’s.
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