DVD-ROM Drive specifications

Applicable disc

DVD-ROM (DVD-5, DVD-9, DVD-10, DVD-18, CD-ROM (Mode 1 and 2), CD Digital

 

Audio, CD-XA ready (Mode 2, Form 1 and Form 2), CD-I (Mode 2, Form 1 and Form

 

2), CD-R, CD-RW, Photo CD (single and multisession), CD-Bridge

 

 

 

Center hole diameter

1.5 cm (0.59 in)

 

 

 

 

Disc diameter

 

 

 

 

 

Standard disc

12 cm (4.72 in)

 

Mini disc

8 cm (3.15 in)

 

 

 

 

Disc thickness

1.2 mm (0.047 in)

 

 

 

 

Track pitch

0.74 µm

 

 

 

 

Access time

CD

DVD

 

 

 

Random

< 100 ms

< 125 ms

 

 

 

Full stroke

< 175 ms

< 225 ms

 

 

 

Audio output level

Line-out, 0.7 Vrms

 

 

 

 

Cache buffer

512 KB

 

 

 

 

Data transfer rate

 

 

 

 

 

CD-R (24X)

3600 KB/s (150 KB/s at 1X CD rate)

 

 

 

 

CD-RW (10X)

1500 KB/s (150 KB/s at 1X CD rate)

 

 

 

 

CD-ROM (24X)

3600 KB/s (150 KB/s at 1X CD rate)

 

 

 

 

DVD (8X)

10,800 KB/s (1,352 KB/s at 1X DVD rate)

 

 

 

 

Multiword DMA mode 2

16.6 MB/s

 

 

 

 

Startup time

< 10 seconds

 

 

 

 

Stop time

< 3 seconds

 

 

 

 

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