A zip drive stores compressed data. A DVD writer transfer data....
An older DVD writer won't recognize the DVD-R+.Beyond that it's not much of a factor for the user.
Hard drive as master and DVD writer as slave.
The difference between optical and non optical is the way the drive in the DVD reads the disk. Optical is a better and more higher quality reader. So the picture is much better.
Yes. There is no difference that I know of between a DVD burned on a computer DVD burner and a DVD burned on a "tv" DVD burner.
a CD drive plays music and a DVD drive plays movies.
Yes. The drive type is DVD-Writer, which reads and writes to CDs and DVDs.
In my experience, the laptops have slower drives in terms of read speed.
The difference between them is a dvd camcorder has a dvd drive where you put a dvd in and the video that you record will be burned to the dvd, MiniDV camcorders are cameras that burn the video that you took to a small tape. I personally like dvd camcorders because each video you take is in a separate file, as miniDV cameras are 1 giant video.
CD writer = CD burner, is a computer drive that allow you to storage(burn/write) stuff on a CD or DVD disc
Are you certain that it's a DVD drive? If you only have a CD drive it won't read DVD's, and you'll need to upgrade to a DVD drive. If it's more than a couple years old it's probably a CD drive. To find out, open the "Device Manager" on your computer, then DVD/CD-ROM drives, then expand your CD/DVD. (select the little + to the left) Click "properties" then examine the tabs across the top. If there are 5 tabs they probably say something like "General", "Properties", "Volumes", "Driver", "Details". If that's what it says, you have a CD-Drive and it won't read DVD's. On the other hand, if you have an additional tab that says "DVD Region", it's a DVD drive and it should be able to read DVD's.
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