Difference between revisions of "Optical drive"
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Optical drives are specific to the types of disc formats they can read. For example, the earlier CD drives are unable to read [[DVD]] and [[Blu-ray]] discs. However, the newer the drive, the more formats it is likely to read. Thus, most [[Blu-ray]] drives can also read a number of [[DVD]] and [[CD]] formats in addition to the [[Blu-ray]] discs. | Optical drives are specific to the types of disc formats they can read. For example, the earlier CD drives are unable to read [[DVD]] and [[Blu-ray]] discs. However, the newer the drive, the more formats it is likely to read. Thus, most [[Blu-ray]] drives can also read a number of [[DVD]] and [[CD]] formats in addition to the [[Blu-ray]] discs. | ||
| β | Earlier optical drives are generally connected directly to the motherboard via IDE cable. This has changed to the faster and more | + | Earlier optical drives are generally connected directly to the motherboard via IDE cable. This has changed to the faster and more efficient SATA cable standard. |
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Latest revision as of 16:12, 22 June 2009
An optical drive is a computer component that reads optical media such as CDs, DVDs, or Blu-ray discs.
Optical drives are specific to the types of disc formats they can read. For example, the earlier CD drives are unable to read DVD and Blu-ray discs. However, the newer the drive, the more formats it is likely to read. Thus, most Blu-ray drives can also read a number of DVD and CD formats in addition to the Blu-ray discs.
Earlier optical drives are generally connected directly to the motherboard via IDE cable. This has changed to the faster and more efficient SATA cable standard.