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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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8 answers

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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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. bomaxou
     
    thank you
    I was thinking so!!!
    have a good evening
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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. Flachy Joe Posted messages 2303 Status Member 261
     
    @Bencolor: yes.
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