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

 

 

 

Access time

CD

DVD

 

 

 

Random

< 100 ms

< 125 ms

 

 

 

Cache buffer

512 KB

 

 

 

 

Data transfer rate

 

 

 

 

 

CD-R (24X)

3,600 KB/sec (150 KB/s at 1X CD rate)

 

 

 

 

CD-RW (10X)

1,500 KB/sec (150 KB/s at 1X CD rate)

 

 

 

 

CD-ROM (24X)

3,600 KB/sec (150 KB/s at 1X CD rate)

 

 

 

 

DVD

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

 

 

 

 

Transfer mode

16.6 MB/sec Multiword DMA mode 2

 

 

 

 

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