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AOpen 1648, LiteOn LTD163
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| Wed Jul 25, 2001 | 2:33A| PermaLink |
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When the DVD format became a reality for home users, nobody could imagine the success it would meet in such a short time. Nowadays, there are many users who prefer to buy a DVD-ROM unit instead of the traditional CD-ROMs. The price difference between those two isn't worth mentioning, especially when the buyer considers that the DVD-ROM offers home theater capabilities to his system. Even on the laptop sales business, almost 1 out of 3 systems are sold with a built-in DVD reader instead of a CD-ROM.
Unfortunately, there are some considerations that must be studied carefully by the potential buyer. Especially by the ones that push their CDROM drives to their limits, and expect the best results possible. Most DVD-ROMS don't have a performance to be proud of with CD formats compared to the CD-ROMs, at least when DAE comes to play. That was a fact in the past, but what about the latest batch of 16x/48x of DVD-ROMs? How do 3 of the best selling DVD-ROMs perform in both CD/DVD format? Can they really replace their ancestors, the CD-ROM devices, and be good at it in every aspect and characteristic? Follow us and let's find out...
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FULL STORY @
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