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Using the Optical Storage Device
Your notebook is equipped with an optical storage device. The actual device preinstalled in your
notebook depends on the model you purchased.
DVD Combo Drive:
This device allows you to read DVD and CD, and record CD format.
DVD Dual Drive:
In addition to read DVD and CD, this device allows you to record CD format
and both the –R/RW and +R/RW DVD formats.
Super Multi:
Works as a multi-functional DVD Dual Drive and a DVD RAM Drive.
Lightscribe:
Allows users to have brief texts curved on the obverse side of the disks with the
laser read/write head of the optical device drive.
HD DVD:
HD DVD (or High-Definition DVD) is a high-density optical disc format designed for
the storage of data and high-definition video.
Blu-ray:
It is a high-capacity optical disc that holds 4.5 hours of high-definition video (HD) on a
single-sided, single-layer 25GB disk. Blu-ray supports the more advanced H.264 and VC-1
video encoding algorithms (codecs) as well as MPEG-2, which is used for DVD. It also supports
1080p, the highest HDTV resolution.
