HP Firebird - Using Blu-Ray Disc Drives

Using DVD Media Drives 29
Using Blu-ray Disc Drives
If the computer came with a Blu-ray (BD) disc drive, there are three programs that are
designed specifically for use with this drive:
 DVD Play plays Blu-ray, high-definition (HD), and regular commercial DVD discs.
 PowerProducer is a video editing program for creating Blu-ray or DVD discs.
 PowerToGo is a Blu-ray disc recording (burning) program for different types of data
storage, such as video, music, pictures, and other data. This program enables you to
record data to Blu-ray, HD DVD, and other recordable DVD discs.
Play games. Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Create
LightScribe
label.
No No No No No No No Yes Yes
Play
Blu-ray DVD.
No No No No No No No No Yes
Record
data to
Blu-ray disc.
No No No No No No No No Yes
Record HD
data to DVD.
No No No No No No No No No
NOTE: The Blu-ray HD DVD+RW/+R drive does not support recording high-definition data
to disc.
Optical
drive can:
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CD-
ROM
CD-
RW
DVD-
ROM
DVD-
RAM
DVD+
RW/+R
DVD-
RW/-R
Double-
layer
DVD
Combo
CD-
RW/
DVD
Light
Scribe
DVD+
RW/+R
BD HD
DVD+
RW/+R