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CD Burner Virginia

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

1. Local Companies

2. CD Burner - Overview

3. How it Works

4. Compatibility

5. Featured Local Company

1 . Local Companies

Providence Computers
757-382-7768
1421-B Kempsville Rd
Virginia Beach, VA

Active Computer & Electronics
757-558-8878
2981 S Military Hwy
Chesapeake, VA

Best Buy
757-465-2306
4107 Portsmouth Blvd
Chesapeake, VA

Electronics Boutique
757-465-5977
4200 Portsmouth Blvd
Chesapeake, VA

HR Data Com
757-544-9189
841 Juniper Crescent Ste 103
Chesapeake, VA

Global Computer Inc.
(434) 250-1848
2605 riverside dr danville va
Danville, VA

Apple Computer Store
703-875-9880
2700 Clarendon Blvd
Arlington, VA

Keystone Computer
703-516-0300
4615 N Leen Hwy
Arlington, VA

Patriot Computers
(757) 587-6400
7862 Tidewater Dr
Norfolk, VA

Geeks On Call America
(757) 722-3200
814 Kempsville Rd
Norfolk, VA

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

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.

4 . Compatibility

5 . Featured Local Company

Providence Computers

757-382-7768
1421-B Kempsville Rd
Virginia Beach, VA
http://www.providencecomputers.com

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