1.4  Optical Drive  1  Hardware Overview 
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Table 1-6 HD DVD drive specifications 
Drive Specification 
Parameter 
MATSUSHITA (G8CC00031720) 
Read(KB/s) 
DVD-ROM Single Layer MAX 8x CAV  
DVD-ROM Dual Layer MAX 6x CAV 
CD-ROM MAX 24x CAV 
HD DVD-ROM Single Layer MAX 1x CLV 
HD DVD-ROM Dual Layer MAX 1x CLV 
Write 
(Maximum) 
CD-R 16x (ZoneCLV) 
CD-RW 4x (CLV) 
High Speed CD-RW 10x (CLV)  
Ultra Speed CD-RW 10x (ZoneCLV) 
DVD-R 8x (ZoneCLV) 
DVD-R Dual Layer 2.4x (CLV) 
DVD-RW 4x (PCAV) 
DVD+R 8x (ZoneCLV) 
DVD+R Dual Layer 2.4x (CLV) 
DVD+RW 4x (PCAV) 
DVD-RAM 3x (ZoneCLV) 
Data transfer 
speed 
ATAPI interface 
(MB/s) 
PIO mode 16.67 MB/s (PIO MODE4 supported) 
DMA mode 16.67 MB/s (Multi-word MODE2 supported) 
Ultra DMA mode 33.3 MB/s(Ultra DMA MODE2 supported)
CD-ROM 150 (Random) 
DVD-ROM 160 (Random) 
Access time 
(ms) 
DVD-RAM 400 (Random) 
Buffer memory  - 
CD 
CD-DA, CD+(E)G, CD-MIDI, CD-ROM XA(mode2, form1 
and form2), CD-TEXT, CD-ROM(mode1 and mode2), 
MIXED MODE CD, CD-I(mode2, form1 and form2), CD-I 
Bridge (Photo-CD, Video-CD), Multi-session CD (Photo-
CD, CD-Extra, CD-R, CD-RW, Portfolio) 
Supported disk 
format 
DVD 
DVD-ROM (DVD-5, DVD-9, DVD-10, DVD-18), DVD-R 
Single Layer (Ver.1.0 for Authoring, Ver.2.0 & Ver.2.1 for 
General) Optional Spec. 8X-Speed DVD-R Rev. 3.0, DVD-
R for Dual Layer (Ver.3.0, Format1) Optional Spec 4x-
Speed DVD-R for Dual Layer Rev.1.0, DVD-RW (Ver.1.1 & 
Ver.1.2) Optional Spec. 4X-Speed DVD-RW Rev. 2.0, 
DVD+R Part 1 Single Layer (4.7 GB Basic Format Spec. 
Ver.1.3), DVD+R Part 2 Dual Layer (8.5 GB Basic Format 
Spec. Ver.1.0), DVD+RW (4.7 GB Basic Format Spec. 
Ver.1.2), DVD-RAM (Ver.2.1 & Ver.2.2) Optional Spec. 5X-
Speed DVD-RAM Rev.2.0, HD DVD Specifications for 
Read-Only Disc (HD DVD-ROM) Ver.0.9