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Topic: DVD ROM drive

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Favorite website(s):

IMDb - Internet Movie Database

Most admires:

Steve Jobs

Favorite possession(s):

DVD player, Windows computer, Apple Computer

Currently has on their coffee table:

Mac Today, PC World

Favorite TV show(s):

Favorite body part(s):

Ears

Favorite activity(s):

Karaoke

Interest(s):

Computers

Favorite movie(s):

A Beautiful Mind

Favorite computer game(s):

X-Wing, Solitaire, Myst

Favorite online activity(s):

Downloading MP3's, Chatting on ICQ

Favorite quote(s):

"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." - Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977
"Grove giveth and Gates taketh away." - Bob Metcalfe (inventor of Ethernet) on the trend of hardware speedups not being able to keep up with software demands

Expert Talk

The Brain has selected interesting relevant sentences from the web. It automatically assigned them to some of our fictitious experts based on their personalities.

Steve Riggins,
Software Deveoper

All DVD-ROM drives have extra firmware to exchange authentication and decryption keys with the CSS module in the computer.

Dave Simons,
Internet Entrepeneur

ATAPI was extended for use in DVD-ROM drives by the SFF 8090 specification.

Rob Verdann,
Afterdark Removalist

Sony DVD-ROM drives can read all standard CD-ROM formats, along with being DVD-R/RW and DVD+RW read ready.
A number of DVD-ROM drives and DVD Video players support DVD-RW.
DVD+RW is read-compatible with most DVD Video and DVD-ROM drives.

Dan Toomey,
Computer Salesman

New computers are being equipped with DVD drives as standard equipment, and these drives are compatible with the older CD-ROM technology.
Sony CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives offer a high level value and reliability developed over years of leadership and innovation in optical storage technology.
The drive is rated to read CD-ROMs at 16X and to read DVD-ROMs at 4X.

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Physco
2005-07-22 14:17:36

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