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  1. Aug 2nd, 2001, 04:54 PM #1
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    Which is faster?

    I have a CD burner that is also a 32x C-ROM drive, and a 6x DVD drive. Which is faster? Are CD and DVD speed measurements the same thing?
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    Uhh...considering they access different CD formats, its kinda irrelevant which one is faster...

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    no, your DVD drive does not read CDs at 6x. it reads faster...but i can't be sure of the exact speed..maybe 24 or 32..
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    CD and DVD speed ratings are not the same. A 2x DVD maybe is as fast as a 24x CD.
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    Reading CDs from your CD burner will wear out your CD-burning thing quickly.
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    Dude, reading and burning are not the same thing...
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    No but I hear thats what happens.
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    Well, if you really need to know, a 32x cdrom drive has a theoretical transfer rate of 32x150kb/s, or 4800kb/s. To find the DVD transfer rate just multiply the base, minimum DVD speed by 6. And compare.

    That is, as far as I know.

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    Re: Which is faster?

    Originally posted by Wynd
    I have a CD burner that is also a 32x C-ROM drive, and a 6x DVD drive. Which is faster? Are CD and DVD speed measurements the same thing?
    My 10x DVD-ROM drive reads at 32x speed for CDs.
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    Originally posted by siyan
    Uhh...considering they access different CD formats, its kinda irrelevant which one is faster...

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    I was assuming they were both reading CDs...
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  13. Aug 2nd, 2001, 09:39 PM #11
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    Originally posted by Wynd


    I was assuming they were both reading CDs...
    Oh yeah..sorry. I misread it...

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