Can DVD burner do the CD?

[Sashafay]

I'm planning to buy a DVD burner 8x, which replace my CD burner. Can I
still be able to burn a regular music or data CD? And if it's...what
about quality and speed?

Thanks in advance,
Alex

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Yes, a DVD burner can happily burn to a CD, just as a CD burner does, but it
will be slower. Quality should be the same.

 

[Servo]

I'm planning to buy a DVD burner 8x, which replace my CD burner. Can I
still be able to burn a regular music or data CD? And if it's...what
about quality and speed?

Thanks in advance,
Alex

I just bought a Plextor 708 and it burns CDs just like my Teac CD
burner. Most DVD burners can burn CDs but check the
manufacturer's specs before buying.

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Slow, fiery death to all spammers!

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I'm planning to buy a DVD burner 8x, which replace my CD burner. Can I
still be able to burn a regular music or data CD? And if it's...what
about quality and speed?

Read the box.
It will tell you what it can do.

I have over 10 personal DVD+/- drives and CD-RW drives. I use them all
several times a week.
I use the DVD drives to burn both DVDs and CDs. When I bought them, the box
clearly states what they can do. Most "dual format" DVD burners have 8
functions:

DVD+R
DVD-R
DVD+RW
DVD-RW
CD-R
CD-RW
DVD
CD

The speeds vary for each of those eight and for each manufacturer. You
cannot get a CD burner in a DVD drive that burns as fast as the fastest CD
burner alone - yet. However, who cares? When you can burn 4.5GB in 8-10
minutes on a $0.50 DVD and still burn in under 8 minutes a 700+MB CD on the
same drive - do something else while it burns!

As far as the quality - it is the same. Much of the quality of your burn
depends on the CD/DVD blanks you get, not the burner (although it does
depend on the burner, because some burners cannot use some media.. blah blah
blah..) But, you are not likely to decrease in quality (CD or DVD burning)
when you get your new drive.

 

[Anton Gysen]

Yes, a DVD burner can happily burn to a CD, just as a CD burner does, but it
will be slower. Quality should be the same.

Cna can get 8X DVD writers that write CDs at 40X, which isn't much
slower than the fastest 52X CDRW drives.

 

[Sashafay]

Read the box.
It will tell you what it can do.

I have over 10 personal DVD+/- drives and CD-RW drives. I use them all
several times a week.
I use the DVD drives to burn both DVDs and CDs. When I bought them, the box
clearly states what they can do. Most "dual format" DVD burners have 8
functions:

DVD+R
DVD-R
DVD+RW
DVD-RW
CD-R
CD-RW
DVD
CD

The speeds vary for each of those eight and for each manufacturer. You
cannot get a CD burner in a DVD drive that burns as fast as the fastest CD
burner alone - yet. However, who cares? When you can burn 4.5GB in 8-10
minutes on a $0.50 DVD and still burn in under 8 minutes a 700+MB CD on the
same drive - do something else while it burns!

As far as the quality - it is the same. Much of the quality of your burn
depends on the CD/DVD blanks you get, not the burner (although it does
depend on the burner, because some burners cannot use some media.. blah blah
blah..) But, you are not likely to decrease in quality (CD or DVD burning)
when you get your new drive.

Thank you guys!!!

Alex