What is the difference between DVD-ROM and DVD Combo drives?

Asked By robinsonbrian26 0 points N/A Posted on - 09/01/2011

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I'm planning to buy a new CD drive for my desktop computer and I want to know what is the difference between DVD-ROM and DVD Combo drives? I want to be able to burn my personal files to DVD discs.

 

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Answered By yousafkhan 10 points N/A #120543

What is the difference between DVD-ROM and DVD Combo drives?

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•       DVD-ROM is only DVD and CD  reader but not write or burn and CD or DVD. Although Combo Drive is DVD reader and CD reader and CD burner as well.
• If you want to burn your personal DVD discs you should by Super drive or DVD Burner or DVD writer of well known company

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Answered By micko21 0 points N/A #120544

What is the difference between DVD-ROM and DVD Combo drives?

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•  DVD Combo drives has limited execution. It only reads or plays CD and DVD  file. It is mostly used for DVD players. 
• DVD-Rom performs burning such files into different formats, and also it plays and reads DVD and CD files. 
• If you are planning to buy one of them, I suggest you to buy  the DVD-Rom, because it is very suitable for Personal Computers and has a useful features than DVD Combo drives. DVD-Rom has its advantage of performing burning files which is very useful in a Computer Unit  nowadays. It also reads CD and DVD which has also the same execution with DVD Combo drives.
• Link below is a sample of a high speed DVD-Rom.

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Answered By mykilua2000 0 points N/A #120545

What is the difference between DVD-ROM and DVD Combo drives?

Based on the brands and models I previously encountered, DVD-ROM drive is a computer component that Plays pre-encoded movies and reads any DATA Written on a DVD-ROM Media and because it is on the higher ground than CD-ROM Drive, it can play movies and read DATA Written on a CD-ROM Media while on the other hand Combo Drives in general are drives that combine the DVD-ROM and CD-RW Drive’s functionality into one single drive. This drive will read and write data to a standard CD-ROM media and to add its ability, it has the DVD-ROM’s function as stated above. So to scale them up, combo drive is definitely on the higher ground.

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