HP Dv9650us Drives - Windows Vista - Page 9

3 Using an optical drive An optical drive, such as a DVD-ROM drive, supports optical discs (CDs and DVDs). These discs store or transport information and play music and movies. DVDs have a higher storage capacity than CDs. Optical drives can read from and select models can write to optical media as described in the following table. Optical drive type Read CD and DVDROM media Write to CD-RW media DVD-ROM Yes No Drive HD DVD-R Yes Yes with SuperMulti DVD+/-R/ RW Double Layer HD-DVD Yes Yes ROM with SuperMulti DVD±R/ RW Double Layer DVD±RW/ Yes Yes R and CD- RW Combo Drive DVD±RW/ Yes Yes R and CD- RW Combo Drive with Double- Layer support LightScribe Yes Yes DVD±RW/ R and CD- RW Combo Drive with Write to DVD±RW/ R media Write to DVD+R DL media Write label to LightScrib e CD or DVD±RW/ R Write to DVD-RAM media Read Bluray DVDROM media Write to HD DVD media No No No No No No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes No No No No No Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 3