Unless you purchase the specific cleaner disk from the manufacturer itself, it may not be a wise thing to use third-party cleaning products unless you’re an electronics engineer who knows what to do. The lens of a DVD drive is so sensitive any contaminant on it would surely result in errors but this would be next to impossible due to the fact the casing tends to protect the drive from such problematic dust. Read the rest of this entry »
May it be a video player or a PC drive, DVD drives will fail in time due to wear and tear and the occasional paperclip your children slip into them. These drives are electro-mechanical, meaning they have both mechanical parts that move and wear out as well as micro-electronics that moves the head, reads data and translates it into a format that the computer or TV can use. Most DVD drives are digital so to get a video signal out, you’d need an analog to digital converter to do the translation from the 0’s and 1’s on the disk to the video needed for displaying it onto the screen. Read the rest of this entry »
The technology promised better resolutions meaning more data on the disk per square inch of disk space or higher data density. Life would have been better yet better technologies and competition from the Blu-ray camp proved to be too much to sustain the development of the High-Definition/High-Density DVD. The disk technology was supposed to double or even triple the amount of data stored onto each DVD. Standard or first generation DVD’s could store 4.7GB of data which is impressive considering the previous technology, Cd’s only at 800mb maximum. Read the rest of this entry »
Toothpase can salvage your DVDs
Why not try it? You’ve got nothing to lose; you’re going to throw away the DVD anyway. At the very least, you may get to save the valuable data on your disk (or disks) and save them in new ones or in your hard drive. Remember that this is only a temporary solution, and you need to save and copy your data at once should this method work for you. Also, heavy and deep scratches on your DVD will render it beyond salvation, so the bes recourse is always to take care of your disks properly.
The introduction of DVD-Lightscribe capable drives (developed and introduced by HP) has driven the previously expensive DVD disk prices with some PC/Laptop manufacturers offering them as part of their products OEM. Having tried out the technology, it does take quite sometime to do just one disk but it’s way better than sticking a gum label onto it. The average on my old laptop(HP DV6110) for a single disk was around 25 to 26 minutes for a few graphics pictures but the outcome was well worth the wait.
Time may come when the technology can develop colored labels as well and with improvements to the burning speed so they don’t take too much time. Currently, the labels are better for they don’t peel or fade and having been burned onto the disk itself, the graphics are quite sharp in greyscale. This addresses the problem of missing/mislabeled disks which is a common occurrence in the workplace and at home where important disks always seem to get lost. DVD Disks just got a bit better and look greater with the Lightscribe system which we would surely see more of in the times to come.
Quanta Storage just bought a whole lot of H/H DVD Drives from ASUS Tech, one of the leading tech companies out there:
Quanta Storage, the largest Taiwan-based maker of slim-type optical disc drives, has purchased molds for half-height (H/H) DVD drives from the optical disc drive business unit of Asustek Computer in order to step into production of H/H DVD-ROM drives and DVD burners for use in desktop PCs, according to industry sources in Taiwan.
Quanta Storage has been competing for OEM orders for H/H DVD drives, the sources pointed out, adding that it has secured an order for DVD-ROM drives from Japan-based Pioneer with shipments already underway, and which may be extended to DVD burners, the sources indicated. Pioneer has two optical disc drive factories in southern China, but has selected Quanta Storage as an OEM partner mainly because the latter has a factory in eastern China which can supply DVD drives in the region, the sources analyzed.
With the slowing global economy, this very much welcome for Taiwan is hit hard by slowing demand for computer products and electronics parts. Taiwan has established itself as a hub for the design and development of many of the world’s leading electronics products and ASUS, being one of the world’s leading PC Hardware manufacturer primarily in motherboards, they seem to be doing well. ASUS products have long been regarded as some of the best in the business that has bolstered the companies expansion into the whole spectrum of PC parts and peripherals. They have also been part of the group of companies who have devoted time, resources and energy to the development of ultra-portables many of which were aimed at the growing need for smaller and more portable laptops for mainly cloud computing applications.
Looks like it’s going to be a great first quarter for ASUS Tech. Congratulations to you!
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Ever since the 1GB hard disk drive came out of the market in the early years, every user searched for a reusable and cheaper solution to storing files. With the advancement of storage technology and CD reproduction, packet writing came to be. As we all know, packet writing is as foolproof as burn proof kind of recording. What you do in packet writing is simply format the disc, write to the medium as if it was just like a floppy disk. After that, you just finalize it, and there you have it. You can read it much like an ordinary Cd Rom or Dvd Rom. It has been made easier with the latest feature, Drag to Disc. You can easily set it and you just drag your files and the the program will do the rest.
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The writing speed of the recorder, the writing mode that will be used, the amount of information to be written and defect management or verification activation will be the key factors on estimating how much time will be used up to record or write onto a DVD. The recording speed is measured just the same as the actual reading speed of a DVD Rom or DVD players. A recorder writes 1.32MB of data per second at single speed or 1X. And multiple times of the figure at each speed interval above 1X.
Basing on the technological advances made in CDR and CDRW, writable and Rewritable DVD performance has developed quickly within a short span of time. Data transfer rates or DVD recording speeds are now faster than the best CDR and CDRW counterparts. Added to this, DVD recorders now use a number of modes in writing data so that it becomes more reliable and efficient within the lowest and highest speeds possible. It includes ZCLV or Zoned Constant Linear Velocity, CLV or Constant Linear Velocity and CAV or Constant Angular Velocity.
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DVDs are used for digital representation of movies and other multimedia movies that combine sound with graphics. These days, DVD drives have largely replaced CD-Rom drives which is far inferior. These drives have transfer rates of various capacities. And most important to note, DVD drives are affordable. The ever growing supply of DVDs have made this possible. So you can opt to buy plain CD drives. More DVD Drives have gone out to the market, and everyday, the would be buyers tend to be confused by the sheer number. Computer DVD drives read the information from the PC DVD Rom. Computer DVD drives use DVDs which are data storage standard for computer based, audio and video technology. DVDs can hold much more information than CDs. Computer DVD roms offer advantages over CD-ROM drives. It offers much faster data transfer than a CD drive. It also allow you to store more data for long period of time. You can now store full length movies on a disk.
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Sony DDU1615-B2 DVD-ROM 16X OEM Internal Drive is the newest dvdrom from Sony Company. The Sony DDU-1615-B2 internal drive conveys smooth 16X DVD playback and includes a multitude of technical advancements that are unique to this amazing drive. The Sony Advanced Spindle (SAS) dramatically make better the steadiness of the drive during playback. This spindle technology ensures that the disc and the laser are perfectly in step, so the information will be read consistently and precisely from the surface of the disc.
What Is It & Why You Need It? Sony’s DVD-ROM drive is compatible with a broad range of CD and DVD media and are compatible with CD-R/RW, DVD+R/DVD+RW and even Double Layer DVD+R DL discs.