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Iomega® DVD drives
June 8, 2005 03:34 PM EST | Hardware | Email to Friend | Comments (0)
What can I do with an Iomega DVD drive?
Iomega Super DVD drives give you the power and flexibility to master the digital world. Whether you're putting your home movies on DVD, ripping your own personal dance mix, creating a digital photo album, or archiving 8.5GB* of critical data, these drives give you the power to get the job done. Wedding videos and other precious memories can be stored onto DVD or CD format without wearing out over time - and shared forever!
Each drive comes with a powerful suite of software to manage everything from MP3s and photos to scheduled backups. With the included software and your imagination, you can take your favorite digital photos and add music to create cinematic slideshows, turning your computer into the ultimate digital theater with the highest quality video playback available for your PC. All of this software is included FREE with your Iomega DVD drive.
What do the DVD 'X' speeds mean?
Typically, you will see DVD speeds in groups of three numbers, for example: 16x10x40x. These speeds refer to the following functions of the DVD drive: Writing to 'R' media x Writing to 'RW' media x Reading 'ROM' media
(R = Recordable, RW = ReWritable, and ROM = Read Only Memory.)
What are the different recordable DVD formats?
Currently, there are five different recordable formats on the market: DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM, DVD+R, and DVD+RW. They all play CDs and DVDs and can burn DVDs, but they differ in whether they can write more than once or burn video to DVD. They also vary in compatibility, and may not be read on all kinds of DVD drives. The hope is that one day there will be an industry standard. Iomega has DVD drives that support DVD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+RW, and DVD+R formats.
How big are recordable DVD discs?
The actual size of a recordable DVD disc is the same as a standard CD. But, recordable DVDs can hold much more information than a CD.
What is the difference between a CD and a DVD disc?
Basically, a DVD has a much larger capacity than a CD, even though both are the same size, physically. They both read and write data in similar ways, and all recordable DVD drives can also record CDs. But, a single DVD disc has the capability to store up to 13 times the amount of data contained on a CD - on one side alone (using single-layer media with 4.7GB of storage)! Since both sides of a DVD can be used for data storage that means DVDs can offer up to 26 times the storage of a Compact Disc!
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