HP Presario Optical Drive Quick Reference Table

Optical Drive Quick Reference Table

						Double-	Combo
Optical			DVD-	DVD-	DVD+RW/+R	layer	CD-RW/	LightScribe	BD HD
drive can:	CD-ROM	CD-RW	ROM	RAM DVD-RW/-R		DVD	DVD	DVD+RW/+R	DVD+RW/+R
Read CDs,	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
CD-Rs, and
CD-RWs.
Read DVDs.	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Read data on	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
a CD.
Play music.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Record data	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
or music to
disc for
storage or
backup.
View DVD	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
movies.
Record DVD	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
movies.
Play games.	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Create	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
LightScribe
label.
Play	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Blu-ray DVD.
Play	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
HD DVD.
Record	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
data to
Blu-ray disc.
Record HD	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
data to DVD.

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