CD and DVD Drives

It does not have a cd/dvd drive

there is a little hole under the CD door, push something thin there and the door will open.

Gently push the end of an opened (unbent) paper clip into the small hole on the front of the door. It doesn't take much pressure.

DVDs do not handle HD video so their maximum resolution is 576 line for European standards and 480 lines for North American television standards. These are the line counts for standard definition video.

can be broken

hackers can keep their software hide in cd

can be pickpocket

if the cd get scraties it can lose data stored in cd

It can cost 30-40$. More or less depending on the quality.

A DVD Writer allows one to watch films, record or edit one's own DVDs.

A CD-RW is a CD disc that can be re-recorded. Whether or not you can play it on your CD player is determined by two things. If you use software to create an audio CD on a CD-RW then it will play on most normal CD players. If you have a CD player that will play MP3 discs as well as audio CD's, you can copy the tracks from your computer onto your CD-RW disc as MP3 files and again it will play. This type of disc will not play in a normal audio CD player without MP3 capability. Because MP3 files take up so much less space on a CD than normal audio tracks, an MP3 disc has the advantage of being able to hold massively more tracks than a normal audio CD.

ROM - Read Only Memory: This is like the Operating system, the things the computer needs and cannot be altered RAM - Random Access Memory: I think this is for temporary storage, which is delelted once the computer is turned off

A DVD can hold up to 50 GB of data.

For pirate DVDs, just put them in the mac ROM and click play.

For protected DVDs, there are two ways to do it:

1) Download a prefessional DVD player to play them directly.

2) Use a DVD converter software to convert them to mp4 or other common video formats.

An external DVD players usually run upwards of forty to fifty dollars at a normal store. Depending on the brand you prefer the price may vary. If you are willing to spend more for a known brand you may, but lower brands tend to run all cheaper.

A CD writer burns little holes in an aluminum disk (between 2 plastic plates).

This causes little bumps to appear on the disc.

A CD drive can read the data back out using a laser that reflects on that surface.

in a bump the laser will reflect in a different angle then when there isn't a bump.

the CD drive detects this and reads a '1' if the laser is not reflected (no bump) and a '0' if the laser is reflected (hits a bump).

This method of storing data contains a lot of errors, bumps that are read wrong.

That's why a CD contains 2/3 fault checks on the actual data.

This means that on a CD you can actually write 2.1 GB of data, but only 700mb is the data you store because 1.4gb is used to repair the mistakes in reading.

The maximum storage capacity of a CD-ROM is determined by the size and intended storage of the CD itself. The majority of CD-ROMs sold today are 74 minute and 80 minute discs, the 74 minute disc is rated to hold 650 MB but can actually hold up to 681 MB. The 80 minute disc is rated to hold 700 MB but can hold up to 737 MB.

This contributor is not responsible for copyright laws that readers are obligated too, with regard to RIAA copyrights and protections.

It is entirely possible to take audio content on cassette tape, and transfer that content into audio CD's. A good example is a Sunday church sermon recorded onto cassette. Music CD's are broken into tracks, much like an LP record has songs divided. The best way to transfer audio data is to first copy portions of audio to your computer's hard drive (this is easily done with a wire that has 3.5 mm stereo headphone jack at each end). Plug one end into the headphone port on the tape player, and the other end into the line in port on your computer's sound card. Window's default Sound Recorder is limited to 60 second recordings, but Creative sells higher quality sound cards, and their packaged Sound Recorder will record durations in excess of 10 minutes! The reason for copying audio segments to the computer is so that 1) you can name them and manage/edit them, and 2) you can segment long portions of audio (such as a sermon) into time segments that are easier to navigate to on a CD Player. When the tape is in the player and rewinded to the beginning, you press play ... and record on the sound recording utility on your computer at the same time. A stopwatch is helpful to time 5/10/15 minute segments. Pause the player after the first segment, then rename the audio file in the Recording software to Sermon 1, and the next segment Sermon 2... and so on. Each audio CD will have a limit of approximately 70 minutes of audio, but you can have 3 or 4 CD's to a program if needed. Once you have completed recording the entire program into your computer (there isn't an option for superfast dubbing here), you can use your CD burning software such as Nero or Roxio to create *AUDIO* CD's. Audio CD's will play in a home stereo or newer car stereo CD players.

CD players impacted society creating a new technology trend that was demanded to create a time to listen to music. This caused people to express themselves in a whole new way and then came iPods. (YAY!!)

You can't delete individual songs from any type of CD. If the CD is rewriteable (CD-RW), you can blank / format (remove all content from) it using suitable CD-burning software and then re-burn the songs that you still want on the CD.

Go to device manager... control panel>system>hardware>device manager to check out the region code, if it is not in ur country's region, the DVD drive certainly cannot read it.

Yes, It usually depends on how much the CD storage. Cds hold more data, pictures, music and other stuff. A floppy disk can only hold kbs and mbs of files. That is less than the cds hold, and floppy disks are getting obsolete. CDs, DVDs, and USB flash drives are the latest to save things on.

Benefits and drawbacks of using a CD-ROM presentation

Choosing a DVD burner is 85% reviews and 15% what works best for you. DVD Cloner or IMGBurner. But there are so many opinions about the quality of the DVD copy sometimes it is best to try a couple of programs and see what works best with your system.

James T Russell invented the CD, recorder and player in the 1960s with patents filed in 1971. Licenses issued to Phillips and Sony for development and production. The first CD player was released by sony cdp-101 in 1982.

The compact disc was invented by a collaboration of individuals. There was not any one individual that has responsibility for this invention. The CD was invented by a joint task force between Sony and Phillips who not only invented the medium itself, but the set of standards that it would follow, how it would do error correction, and a whole other batch of things that all culminated in the eventual creation of what the compact disc is today.

The Compact disc project team was led by Toshitada Do and Kees Schouhamer Immink.

The first CD that was pressed was done in Hanover, Germany. It was a recording of Herbert von Karajan conducting the Alpine Symphony by Richard Strauss.

The first commercially available CD Roms were introduced by Sony in October 1982 (CDP-101). The CD was first introduced in Japan and Europe then about a year later in the U.S.

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