HP 732c (US), 740n (US) manual Product Information, Product History, CD Technology, DVD Technology

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Chapter 1 Product Information

Chapter 1 Product Information

This chapter describes the hp dvd-writer dvd100i internal drive and is organized as follows:

Product History

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Disc Storage Capacity of HP Products

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Product Positioning

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Laser Safety

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Parts Available for the hp dvd-writer Drive

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Current Products

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Product History

CD Technology

The first CD technology to be used with computers was CD-ROM, a read-only technology. In the early 1990’s CD-R (CD-Recordable) drives became available to consumers for storing data permanently on a disc that could be read by any CD-ROM drive. Now Compact Disc ReWritable, or CD-RW, technology is available to consumers. CD-RW lets users rewrite CDs up to 1,000 times. CD-RW lets users easily store and erase data on CDs for playback on:

MultiRead-compatible CD-ROM drives

CD-R drives

CD-RW drives

DVD Technology

A DVD disc is the same size as a CD, but holds much more data.

A DVD disc holds 4.7 GB per layer, which equals 135 minutes of compressed video. .

The DVD logo is trademarked and owned by the DVD

Consortium.

What is MultiRead?

Hewlett-Packard Company played a principal role in the creation of MultiRead technology that makes CD-RW media read-compatible with the spectrum of current drives:

CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read Only Memory) CD-R (CD-Recordable)

CD-RW (CD-ReWritable)

DVD-ROM (Digital Versatile Disc-Read Only Memory)

DVD+RW (Digital Versatile Disc-ReWritable)

The MultiRead logo on CD and DVD products indicates MultiRead compatibility.

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Product History

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