Dell Latitude 5424 Rugged - Blue Ray; Dvdrw Drive

DVDRW Drive
There is a new drive oering from Dell for these systems that allows users to read and write DVDs and CDs. The drive is a tray-loading
drive that ts into the media bay. It uses a SATA interface.
The DVDRW/BD-ROM combo drive will read and write all standard CD and DVD formats. Here are some specications for the drive:
Table 46. DVD RW Specications
DVDRW Drive Specs Speed
CD Read 24x
CD-R write 8x
CD-RW write 8x
DVD-ROM read 8x
DVD+R write 8x
DVD-R write 8x
DVD+R DL write 2.4x
DVD-R DL write 2.4x
DVD+RW write 4x
DVD-RW write 4x
Blue Ray
In February 2002, a large group of companies announced the introduction of the Blu-ray Disc™ (BD) format, the next generation in optical
storage. The new format oers an immense storage capacity (up to 50 GB) that is perfect for high-denition (HD) video recording and
distribution, as well as for storing large amounts of data. The format shares the same form factors as existing CD and DVD optical discs,
allowing for backwards compatibility.*
Features
Listed below are some of Blu-ray's features.
• Huge capacity
– 25 GB (single layer) / 50 GB (double layer)
NOTE
: All Dell Blu-Ray drives support dual layer (50 GB) discs. However, the new combo drives (DVDRW/BD-
ROM) simply read dual layer discs but do not write to them.
– Future potential to store 200 GB (Multilayer)
◦ Ability to burn and read most media types**
◦ Common format advantage
• Blank media
• Set top recorders and players
• Prepackaged high-denition movies
• High-denition camcorders
• Next-generation HD gaming
• PC storage and entertainment
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