Most optical drives today are combo CD/DVD drives that support all the DVD and CD formats. The speeds of the drives are rated by their DVD-ROM and CD-ROM transfer rates. The original DVD drive (1x ...

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In turn, there are now a lot of optical drives sitting unused in parts bins ... This build requires two DVD pickups. By scanning once horizontally and once vertically and measuring the returning ...

A specification from the DVD Forum that certifies DVD drives for media compatibility. Drives with the DVD Multi logo can read and write DVD-RAM, DVD-RW and DVD-R discs as well as read DVD-Video ...