CD-RW

If you want a deeper understanding of life insurance as well as more knowledge on effective CD-RW management come and attend the EnRich CD-RW personal finance training scheduled for Thursday, Oct.

-- DVD+R DL: 8X P-CAV (max.) writing DVD-R DL: 4X CLV (max.) writing DVD+R: 16X CAV (max.) writing DVD+RW: 8X Z-CLV (max.) rewriting DVD-R: 16X CAV (max.) writing DVD-RW: 6X CLV (max.) rewriting DVD-ROM reading (single layer): 16X CAV (max.) DVD-ROM reading (dual layer): 12X CAV (max.) CD-R: 48X CAV (max.) writing CD-RW: 32X P-CAV (max.) rewriting CD-ROM: 48X CAV (max) reading

Budget systems will use a "combo" drive that has the advantages of a DVD drive and a CD-RW in one unit - you can use CD-ROMs, watch DVD movies and create your own CD-R or CD-RW disks on these.

It features a 2.40GHz Intel Pentium 4 processor, 256MB of DDR SDRAM, a major DDR NVIDIA GeForce4 MX with TV out, a 40GB hard drive, and a CD-RW.

It works with both CD-R and CD-RW media, has two CD drives so you can make CD copies and has a host of playback features, including pitch and tempo control.

The Mount Rainier format (also known as CD-MRW) is rapidly gaining ground as a universal standard for native OS support of CD-RW drives.

-- High-speed Writing and Reading: 24X maximum CD-R recording, 10X maximum CD-RW recording, 24X maximum CD-ROM reading, and 8X DVD-ROM reading with Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0 compliant).

When CD-R, and CD-RW drives were first introduced, they made terrific backup devices.

CD-RW now has a cost advantage over Zip for backing up data or moving it from one PC to another.

CMC Magnetics, established in 1978, mainly produces video tapes, disks and other magnetic recording tapes and has a relationship with Mitsubishi Chemical in the CD-R and CD-RW business.