Using Optical Discs - HP 2230s - Notebook PC Multimedia User Manual

Using optical discs

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.
All optical drives can read from optical discs and some drives can also write to optical discs, as described
in the following table.
NOTE: Some of the optical drives listed may not be supported by your computer. The listed drives are
not necessarily all of the supported optical drives.
Optical drive
type
DVD-ROM
Drive
DVD/CD-RW
Combo Drive
DVD±RW
SuperMulti DL*
Lightscribe†
Drive
Blu-ray R/RE
DVD±RW
SuperMulti DL*
Drive
*Double-layer discs can store more data than single-layer discs. However, double-layer discs burned with this drive may not
be compatible with many single-layer DVD drives and players.
†LightScribe discs must be purchased separately. LightScribe creates a grayscale image similar to black-and-white
photography.
Read CD and Write to CD-R/
DVD-ROM RW media
media
Yes No
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Write to DVD Write label to
(includes DVD LightScribe
+R DL, DVD CD or DVD
±RW/R, and
DVD-RAM
media)
No No
No No
Yes Yes
Yes No
Read Blu-ray Write to Blu-
ray R/RE
No No
No No
No No
Yes Yes
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