1 Hardware Overview 1.4 BD-Rewriter and BD-Combo Drives
1.4 BD-Rewriter and BD-Combo Drives
The BD-Rewriter and BD-Combo Drives accept 12-cm (4.72-inch) and 8-cm (3.15-inch) discs.
At maximum, the drive can play back a DVD at 8x speed, read CD-ROM at 24x speed, and write
CD-R at 24x speed, CD-RW at 24x speed, DVD-R at 8x speed, DVD-R (Dual Layer) at 4x speed,
DVD-RW at 6x speed, DVD+R at 8x speed, DVD+R (Double Layer) at 4x speed, DVD+RW at
8x speed and DVD-RAM at 5x speed.
The BD-Rewriter or BD-Combo drive is shown in Figure 1-5 and its specifications are listed in
Table 1-4.
Figure 1-5 BD-Rewriter or BD-Combo Drive (depending on the model)
Table 1-4 Blu-ray Disc Drive specifications
Item BD-ROM Mode DVD-ROM Mode CD-ROM Mode
Data Transfer Rate (Mbytes/s) 27MB/s 10.8MB/s 3.6MB/s
Access Time (ms)
300ms 190ms 180ms
Average Random Access
Data Buffer Size (Mbytes) 2MB
Formats Supported
BD:
BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-R (DL), BD-RE, BD-RE (DL)
DVD:
DVD-VIDEO, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM, DVD+R,
DVD+R (Double Layer), DVD-R (Dual Layer), DVD+RW.
CD:
CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, CD-ROMXA, Photo CD
(Multi-Session), Video CD, CD-Extra (CD+), CD-Text, Hybrid SACD.
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