Chapter 1 Product Information
This chapter describes the hp dvd-writer dvd100i internal drive and is organized as follows:
Product History | p. 11 |
Disc Storage Capacity of HP Products | p. 12 |
Product Positioning | p. 13 |
Laser Safety | p. 13 |
Parts Available for the hp dvd-writer Drive | p. 13 |
Current Products | p. 14 |
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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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