Can the DVD drive in this computer write DVD's? Just wanted to make sure...
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I've used it. It works. The only down side is that on a Windows 8 OS the feature to burn DVDs from Windows Movie Maker is gone. You'll need a 3rd party software to burn DVDs that you make.
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Yes, it will work with a DVD drive. However, in my case my computer's BIOS was not able to identify the card and DVD drive and so I was not able to set it up in the boot sequence. Once you get booted into the OS, the card and DVD drive will work fine. More modern BIOSes may be able to overcome this challenge.
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I don't think so, this device suppose to enable connecting new HDMI devices into old composite connection and translate sound and image accordingly. To write record or burn DVDs using a PC would require a software like Nero Toast etc. These softwares prepare media prior to fit a dvd before it does it. I assume you could record onto your PC by this would require a recording or a grabbing software. Unless someone has more enlightened answer that's the best of my knowledge.
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Yes Larry, i bought mine about 3 mnths ago, has a dvd/cd writer/player drive. Definitely a good bang for the buck in my opinion.
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Check the "DVD Recording Compatibility Guide" under "Product Description". If your CD/DVD drive says "DVD" on it you should be able to write pictures to these discs.Note that you can only write to a DVD-R once, so you need to move all the pictures you want on it to it at one time.
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Yes. It has SuperMulti DVD drive, which read and write CDs and DVDs in multiple formats
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Are you asking if the laptop can burn audio/songs to a CD? Yes, it can. Although I haven't tried anything related with DVDs. Forgive me if this wasn't the answer to the question you asked.
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It does not come with a DVD write compatible drive as a standard option. Just read/optical drive and CD writable as others mentioned. The DVD write compatible drive was an upgrade option from Dell.
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These DVD+R DL's have 2 layers on one side of the actual media and yes these media has a capacity limit of 8.5G's of storage but you can write anything as long as it is not over 8.5g's... :D :)
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(I am an owner of this particular model) this unit does have a DVD player that can read from and write to CDs and DVDs.
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They are simply different writing formats. Most drives today support both formats. There is more information here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_formats
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John,I can only speak for the the computer I got and no,It does not write DVD's mine only writes CD's
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According to the product detail page, it comes with DVD-+R/CDRW, that means it can read and write CD's but cannot write DVD discs. We at designix-us offers is with DVD/CD-RW Combo optical drive, which means the drive can read and write on both CD's and DVD discs. Most often times this laptops comes with either depending on the specs at time of manufacture.
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Does the DVD drive need to be formatted specifically for Linux? The ones I have seen say they will for Windows, but I don't see anything about them working with Linux.
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Check the DVD drawer, if it states DVD-ROM, then it does NOT. If it shows an RW in a square, then it does. Most laptops do, but they can come with just a DVD-ROM drive. Also depending what version of Windows you have and what you want to write to it, you may need specific software. Most computers that come with a DVD recorder will have the software pre-loaded, look for something like Roxio, Nero, Easy CD Creator or something similar. If you put a blank DVD in the drive, it should come up and ask if you want to open a writable CD folder, burn an audio CD or add files using xxx (where xxx is whatever burning software you have). Check the DVD drawer, if it states DVD-ROM, then it does NOT. If it shows an RW in a square, then it does. Most laptops do, but they can come with just a DVD-ROM drive. Also depending what version of Windows you have and what you want to write to it, you may need specific software. Most computers that come with a DVD recorder will have the software pre-loaded, look for something like Roxio, Nero, Easy CD Creator or something similar. If you put a blank DVD in the drive, it should come up and ask if you want to open a writable CD folder, burn an audio CD or add files using xxx (where xxx is... » Read More Check the DVD drawer, if it states DVD-ROM, then it does NOT. If it shows an RW in a square, then it does. Most laptops do, but they can come with just a DVD-ROM drive. Also depending what version of Windows you have and what you want to write to it, you may need specific software. Most computers that come with a DVD recorder will have the software pre-loaded, look for something like Roxio, Nero, Easy CD Creator or something similar. If you put a blank DVD in the drive, it should come up and ask if you want to open a writable CD folder, burn an audio CD or add files using xxx (where xxx is whatever burning software you have). « Show Less
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Most newer dvd drives are made to work horizonally or vertically. I wasn't sure about this one but just for you I laid my computer on its side and it read a dvd just fine.
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Yes, it does... Optical Drive Type DL DVDRW/CD-RW Anything that writes, also reads DVDs/CDs...