im going to buy a disk that can only play on computers with a DVD-ROM capability and on my computer it says DVD R/RW will it still be able to play on my computer
2007-05-23 16:23:02 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
also, what does DVD-R/RW mean. I dont understand what the first R is
2007-05-23 16:26:18 · update #1
Yes, you can play DVD-ROMs on a DVD-R/RW drive.
DVD-R stands for DVD-Recordable. DVD-RW stands for DVD-ReWritable. These are special DVD disks that allow you to record data files onto them. Therefore a DVD-R/RW drive can use them both.
2007-05-23 16:33:21 · answer #1 · answered by Herman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dvd r means read, rw rewrite, meaning it can erase content from a dvd rw disk and put other info on it.
2007-05-23 23:34:24 · answer #2 · answered by Seneca P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, sure! It will play on your computer.
DVD-R is here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD-R
DVD-RW is here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD-RW
2007-05-24 02:13:07 · answer #3 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋