DVD Recorder - Computer-based DVD(Digital Video Disk) Drives

Computer-based DVD(Digital Video Disk) Drives

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DVD recorder drives have become standard equipment in many, though not all, computer systems currently on the market, after being initially popularized by the Pioneer/Apple SuperDrive; aftermarket drives as of early 2007 can cost as little as $23. DVD recorder drives can be used in conjunction with DVD authoring software to create DVDs near or equal to commercial quality, and are also widely used for data backup and exchange. As a general rule, computer-based DVD recorders can also handle CD-R and CD-RW media; in fact, a number of standalone DVD recorders actually use drives designed for computers.

Most internal drives are designed with parallel ATA interfaces, with serial ATA becoming more readily available. External drives almost always use USB 2.0 or IEEE 1394, with eSATA becoming an option as well.

DVD recorder drives manufactured since January 2000 are required by the DVD consortium to respect DVD region codes when reading a disc, but are incapable of assigning region codes when writing a disc (as this is stored on a part of the disc to which regular PC based and stand alone video recorders do not have write access.

DVD duplication systems are generally built out of stacks of these drives, connected through a computer-based backplane.

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