Difference between DVD and CD burners?

bomaxou -  
Flachy Joe Posted messages 2303 Status Member -
Hello,
when you're useless... you're useless
I wonder if you can burn a DVD-R with a CD-R burner?
because when I put a DVD-R in my burner, it says "insert CD" and doesn't copy anything...
thank you
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mcflynans Posted messages 102 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1
 
Hello,

If your burner only makes CDs, you can ONLY burn CDs, sorry, you need to buy a DVD burner (multi-layer if you want to copy very large DVDs) there you go!

Marty Mcfly at your service ;)
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edelweiss0119 Posted messages 264 Status Member 11
 
Normal lol, to burn a DVD, you need a DVD burner that will also burn your CDs, but a CD burner will never burn a DVD.
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Flachy Joe Posted messages 2303 Status Member 261
 
No, we can't.
It's a problem of laser beam frequency; DVD players use a higher frequency, "finer" beam to pack more information onto a roughly identical medium.
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bomaxou
 
thank you
I was thinking so!!!
have a good evening
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bomaxou
 
Honestly surprised to have received responses to my message from a bunch of nobodies.
It's really nice not to feel all alone..
A big thank you to all of you.
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edelweiss0119 Posted messages 264 Status Member 11
 
You shouldn't call yourself useless lol, you'll go to bed wiser tonight. Everyone learns on this site....
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Bencolor
 
Hi guys

So I would like to know if every burner that mentions DVD-RW can also burn both CD-R and DVD-R

Thank you
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Flachy Joe Posted messages 2303 Status Member 261
 
@Bencolor: yes.
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