DVD Burner Compatible with CD-ROM

[Buck Turgidson]

I am curious to know if DVD burners have any backward compatibility with
CD's i.e. being able to read them, and even burn a CD?

Thanks for any replies.

 

[Mike Walsh]

Read the specs. Most DVD writers can read CDs. Some can write CDs.

 

[Shep©]

I am curious to know if DVD burners have any backward compatibility with
CD's i.e. being able to read them, and even burn a CD?

Thanks for any replies.

http://www.cdrfaq.org/
http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html

HTH



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[John]

I am curious to know if DVD burners have any backward compatibility with
CD's i.e. being able to read them, and even burn a CD?

Thanks for any replies.

I think they all do , I cant think of any that cant. Well maybe if
there are still some DVD ram only burners around maybe they cant
but all the ones Ive seen recently can. I have a Ricoh (sold under
various names Memorex, HP etc ) that can do the usual - DVD , DVDrw
CDR and CDRW.

The thing is if you are thinking of using only a DVD burner for
everything thats certainly possible but Id still get a cheap CD burner
which you can often find rebated for $19 or so. Why? Do you really
want to use your $120-250 DVD burner to play games, listen to music
and burn a gazillion CDRs in addition to burning DVDs?

Id rather have my $19 CD burner wear out than my DVD burner.