The DVD Drive is a drive that is used for reading CDs or DVDs.
Disks that can be played on DVD ROM drives are the kinds of disks with movies on them. DVD ROM drives such as music can't be played because DVD ROM drives are specifically for playing movies.
One can buy dvd cd drives online through sites such as Amazon and eBay. Stores like Staples and Best Buy also sell dvd cd drives. Target and Sears, some locations, also sell dvd cd drives.
Mine has 1 but my system can hold up to 4 DVD drives at once
"A specification from the DVD Forum that certifies DVD drives for media compatibility. Drives with the DVD Multi logo can read and write DVD-RAM, DVD-RW and DVD-R discs as well as read DVD-Video and DVD-ROM. DVD Multi drives may also be able to play DVD-Audio discs. See dvdand dvd-audio."taken from dvd-multi
Tape Drives and DVD's are different. DVD's are a more readily available form of media, meaning you won't be caught in a pinch and run out of space, but tape drives are not as succeptible to damage, making your data extremely secure.
The main growth technologies were DVD-ROM drives and writable CD and DVD drives, whereas revenues from floppy drives and cartridge drives had stagnated.
DVD drives that offer less loading time are drives that have a fast read/write speeds. These speeds are usually labeled on the box.
There are drives that are somewhat quieter than others, but this is more a function of speed. The slower the drives spins, the quiter it is. LG, ASUS, and Lightscribe have some noted near silent drives.
There are some DVD drives that can write up to 32x or faster, and can burn a movie in under five minutes.
Some examples are hard drives, CD drives, DVD drives, flash drives, zip drives, and floppy drives
CD drivers and DVD drivers are both equally common. CD drives is a drive that reads a compact disc and that is connected to an audio system. A DVD drive is an optical disc storage media format.
CD & DVD are examples of Secondary Storage Devices.