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PCs: CD and DVD Drives

Overview PCs treat compact discs and DVDs as data suitcases, letting the user store and transport mammoth amounts of large files: digital camera photos, audio books, home movies, and digital music, to name a few. Yet compact discs and DVDs also let the PC pull extra shifts as both a stereo and home theater, which presents new problems: PCs, CD players, and DVD players all speak slightly different languages. That forces the user to create the discs slightly differently depending on their ultimate destination: PC, CD player, or DVD player.

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Publisher	O'Reilly Media	File Format	PDF
Date Published	January 2006
Format	Book chapters
Topics	Desktop Systems - PCs, CD-R - CD-RW - CD-ROM, Hard Drives

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