Can't I Just Do My CD and DVD Duplication at Home? by Jason Cole
You’ve just created an mp3 audio album that you want to make CD copies of, or maybe you have a collection of home video clips you’d like to burn to DVD and pass out to your friends. As far as you know home CD album duplication and DVD duplication require just a couple of things; a computer with... Quality In addition to a certified maximum burn speed, CD-Rs and DVD-Rs all have physical parameters and properties that must be taken into account. ... Speed/Volume With your home set-up, you can burn CDs and DVDs one at a time, and you have to reload the burner manually.

DVD Burner Guide - What You Need To Know When Purchasing a DVD Burner by Donny Duncan
DVD Burners are the best burnable media right now, not only for their storage size, but for their speed. DVD's hold approximately 4.7 Gigabytes of information (that's 4.7 billion bytes if you're curious) which is about six times the information a CD can hold. ... There are several different kinds, here is a list of most of them: DVD-R DVD+R DVD-RW DVD+RW DVD-Ram Most DVD Burners have a specific format that they use specifically, so make sure that if your burner is only able to burn DVD-R, that you buy DVD-R’s, or else anything else will not work.

Audio CD Copiers by Kent Pinkerton
Special copiers are available for duplicating audio CD and can copy multiple CDs from a single original or master CD. The master CD is copied onto several unwritten blank CDs. Audio CD copiers need software to copy or burn the CD, and depending on the program, a number of CDs can be burned at... CDs are coated with a dye. ... They also have a robotic arm, which can load CDs as they are being copied. ... They required the user to open the shutter when one CD was copied and to load the other CD. ... They are actually a combination of several CD copiers, which can simultaneously copy CDs.

Where To Find Free CD Burning Software by Bob Hett
Technology continues to make giant steps forward. Technology has made it possible to burn your own CDs and DVDs, without resorting to expensive equipment or outrageous charges. Now, anyone can make their own personal music CD with their favorite songs. ... You simply download the free trial, insert your CD into your PC and burn away. ... For instance, you can get a free trial of a CD label maker to add class and style to your CDs. ... With the money back guarantees and the great free trial periods, it is the perfect way to give this new type of technology and try for personal or business...

Life without Windows by Chin Wong
Ubuntu, a user-friendly version of Linux, has been running so nicely on my home PC that I decided to do an experiment. I wrote down a list of tasks I normally do with Windows XP and decided to see how many of them I could do on Linux. Here’s what my list looked like: 1) Write this column; 2)... In very broad strokes, you’ll need to install K3b, a CD burning program, and a package called VCDimager, and tell K3b where it’s located. ... Ubuntu is smart enough to detect a blank CD when it’s inserted and will ask if you’d like to burn a data or an audio CD.

What You Need To Know About CDR by Steve Valentino
A CD-R, or compact disc-recordable, is a ‘write once, read multiple’ (WORM) media used to store electronic data. Data is stored on the CD-R through a process called ‘CD burning’. The WORM principle means that data can be burned onto the disc only once, and can be accessed any number of times. ... Business, government and other organizations produce and store vast amounts of data. ... After the data burn process is completed, the CD-Rs should be stored in a suitable environment that is free from excess moisture, excess heat, magnetic fields and dust particles.

What Exactly are Screensavers? - part II by David Schomberg
Here are some tips on how to use screensavers: First of all you should be careful when you use a screensaver on a LCD. A pixel it's on when it's dark on a LCD. So if a screen gets black on a LCD like some screensavers do it can be damaged. After all this problems there were invented CTR's more... So it's easy to use them because once there are installed windows will fin them and it will add them to a list of available scrensavers. ... After that there where inserted many effects including sound and animations to make the screensavers more entertainment.

DVD Burner Software by Marcus Peterson
DVD burner software is a software tool that helps to establish communication with the DVD burner. It functions as an instructor to the DVD burner, by providing information such as how and what to burn. DVD burner software was introduced to overcome difficulties experienced by the DVD burner... The functions of the DVD burner software include Copy DVD to CD format, VHS tape to CD format, DVD to DVD, and DVD to VCD, SVCD and DVD audio Backup DVD to CD format and backup DVD collection with DVD-R or DVD-RW Download movies of full length Create DVD or VHS tape library of your own The...

Standalone CD-ROM Copiers by Kent Pinkerton
The operational details of stand-alone CD-ROM copiers are similar to those of automatic CD copiers. The only difference between the two is the difference between the CD and the CD-ROM. CD-ROM means CD-Read Only Memory (ROM). No additional data can be written on these CDs once they are recorded. ... While burning, a laser head reads the pits and hills and then burns the corresponding regions on the blank CDs. ... Stand-alone CD-ROM copiers may allow several CDs to be burned at once and may contain as many as 2 to 16 unitary drives and can have speeds as high as 52X.

DVD Burning Easier Than You Think by Jay J. Smith
The hardware necessary to burn DVDs has become extremely popular over the past few years. Years ago this type of hardware would require an upgrade on the standard computer, now they are becoming standard equipment. With the addition of a DVD burner, computer users have many more options... It's great to be able to burn a DVD of your child's latest karate tournament or big game and send a copy to close relatives and keep in touch. ... External DVD hardware is relatively inexpensive and is a somewhat small unit that would be placed next to the user's computer and is usually connected via a...