Re: play dvds on a cdrom, cd-r cd-rw

Subject: Re: play dvds on a cdrom, cd-r cd-rw
Name: ludicrous
Date: 6/18/2001 11:08:14 AM (GMT-7)
IP Address: 138.67.74.229
In Reply to: play dvds on a cdrom, cd-r cd-rw posted by duck
Message:

Traditional CD uses red laser light, which has a lower frequency. DVD uses blue laser light, which is of a higher frequency, and this allows DVD to store data at a much higher density.

DVD drives have been designed to be backwards-compatible with older CD formats, but a CD-ROM cannot read a DVD disc.

However, cheap 8x and 12x DVD drives are falling as low as $60-70 now.