Well, darling, the color of the laser used in a DVD drive is typically red. It's not like a rainbow of colors shooting out of there, just good ol' reliable red getting the job done. So, there you have it, red is the answer you were looking for.
a red laser like a CD
Red - its 650 nanometer wavelength puts it squarely in the middle of the visible light's red spectrum.
Well the drive has to be a Blu-Ray drive for Blu-Rays require a certain laser in order to play and DVD players do not have that laser, but the Blu-Ray laser can detect and read DVDs
A CD ROM or DVD drive
The laser drive (optical drive), is the generic term for the CD, DVD or blueray drive. They all use laser light to read (and record) the discs.
a laser is used to read the information on the bottom of the disk
The laser inside the CD/DVD optical drive does the scanning.
The DVD Drive is a drive that is used for reading CDs or DVDs.
The DVD is played from the shiny side. This means that the shiny side of the DVD, is what faces the bottom of the DVD player or drive. A laser reads it, and this is how your DVD works
The red ruby laser is used in standard DVD players to read standard DVD discs. They are now being superseded by the blue laser DVD player, otherwise known as Blue-Ray players and discs.
No. There are a number of different reasons. It can range from speed of the drive, and by far the most important reason is that a DVD use a blue laser, and CD use a red laser.
The DVD Drive is a drive that is used for reading CDs or DVDs.