Compatibility Information

An important feature of a DVD Writer/CD Writer drive is its high level of compatibility with other optical drives and CD and DVD players:

￿The CDs that you create play in most home and car stereos as well as most computer DVD-ROM and CD-ROM drives.

￿The DVDs that you create are compatible with some DVD video players and with most computer DVD-ROM drives.

￿CD-R discs are more compatible with home and car stereos than CD-RW discs are.

￿Blu-ray disc drives are required to play Blu-ray discs.

￿Blu-ray disc drives can read Blu-ray discs and record to Blu-ray discs.

￿HD disc drives are capable of playing HD discs but not recording HD data to disc.

The DVD Writer/CD Writer drive is able to read from and record to almost every type of optical disc. Writing speed rates for the DVD Writer/CD Writer drive are fast, allowing quick recording times.

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