CD Burner Austin TX

Here you will find background information on CD-Burners. From their origin to the importance they hold and to the vendors available in Austin.


1 . Local Companies

No Excuse Computer Services
512-799-8491
5555 N. Lamar Blvd.
Austin, TX
Avant Technology
512-651-5300
9715A Burnet Rd
Austin, TX
VB Consulting, Inc.
(512) 233-4714
5601 Brodie Lane
Austin, TX
GHA Technologies
512-430-4474
3000 Indigo Trl
Round Rock, TX
Akumen Online
(512) 371-7240
7000 Cameron Rd
Austin, TX
Current Business Technologies
(512) 326-3988
Austin, TX
All Digital Computers & Wireless
(512) 258-8858
11815 Ranch Road 620 N
Austin, TX
Chip PC Inc
(512) 241-0250
3636 Executive Center Dr
Austin, TX
Mobile MacIntosh
(512) 452-1113
833 Houston St
Austin, TX
Fox Conn Pce Technology
(512) 670-2638
2525 Brockton Dr Bldg 3
Austin, TX

2 . CD Burner - Overview

CD Burner - Overview A CD recorder, CD writer or CD burner is a compact disc drive that can be used to produce discs readable in other CD-ROM drives and audio CD players. A DVD recorder produces DVD discs playable in stand-alone video players or DVD-ROM drives. They are generally used for small-scale archival or data exchange, being slower and more materially expensive than the molding process used to mass-manufacture pressed discs.

3 . How it Works

How it Works A recorder encodes (or burns) data onto a recordable CD-R, DVD-R or DVD+R disc (called a blank) by selectively heating parts of an organic dye layer in the disc with a laser in its write head. This changes the reflectivity of the dye, thereby creating marks that can be read as with the "pits" and "lands" on pressed discs. The process is permanent and the media can be written to only once.

For rewriteable CD-RW, DVD-RW and DVD+RW media, the laser is used to melt a crystalline metal alloy in the recording layer of the disc. Depending on the amount of power applied, the substance may be allowed to melt back into crystalline form or left in an amorphous form, enabling marks of varying reflectivity to be created. Most rewriteable media is rated by manufacturers at up to 1000 write/erase cycles.

The competing DVD+R and DVD-R disc formats use very similar dye-based media, but differ mainly in the way timing hints for the write head are laid out on the disc surface. This is also the case with DVD+RW and DVD-RW.

Most internal CD recorders for personal computers, server systems and workstations are designed to fit in a standard 5.25" drive bay and connect to their host via an ATA, SATA or SCSI bus. External CD recorders usually have USB, FireWire or SCSI interfaces. Some portable versions for laptop use power themselves off batteries or off their interface bus.

SCSI recorders are less common and tend to be more expensive because of the cost of their interface chipsets and more complex SCSI connectors.

5 . Featured Local Company

No Excuse Computer Services

512-799-8491
5555 N. Lamar Blvd.
Austin, TX

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