DVD-ROM Drive specifications

Applicable disc

Read:

Write:

 

 

 

 

CD-DA, CD+(E)G, CD mIDI, CD-TEXT,

CD-R and CD-RW

 

CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA, MIXED MODE

 

 

CD, CD-I, CD-I Bridge (Photo cD,

 

 

Video CD), Multisession CD (Photo cD,

 

 

CDEXTRA, Portfolio, CD-R, CD-RW),

 

 

CDR, CD-RW, DVD-ROM (DVD-5,

 

 

DVD-9, DVD-10, DVD-18), DVD-R,

 

 

DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-

 

 

RAM

 

 

 

 

Access time

CD

DVD

 

 

 

Random

< 110 ms

< 130 ms

 

 

 

Cache buffer

2 MB

 

 

 

 

Data transfer rate

 

 

 

 

 

24X CD-ROM

3,600 KB/sec

 

 

 

 

8X DVD

10,800 KB/sec

 

 

 

 

24X CD-R

3,600 KB/sec

 

 

 

 

16X CD-RW

3,600 KB/sec

 

 

 

 

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