This is intended to provide additional confidence to OEMs considering new resources for CD-ROM or
DVD-ROM drive out-sourcing, such as DVS, that returns will be minimized and customer satisfaction maximized.
Some
DVD-ROM drives can't read DVD-RW discs that have been written to multiple times.
Portable optical data storage technologies company Infinite Data Storage (IDS) has introduced its Komodo CD-RW and
DVD-ROM drive.
Features of the Inspiration 4000 include: ATI Rage Mobility 128 video graphics card with 8 MB of SGRAM and 2X AGP; SDRAM memory configurable from 64 MB to 512 MB; Bay Manager software, which allows swapping of peripherals without turning off the computer; and a wide range of removable storage devices, including 24X CD-ROM drive,
DVD-ROM drive, CDRW drive and Zip 100 drive.
* Storage: 10 GB Ultra ATA hard disk drive; and choice of a CD-ROM,
DVD-ROM, CD-RW drive or a combination DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive.
Build-to-order options include various memory and RAM configurations, 24x CD-ROM drive and an optional
DVD-ROM drive.
IBM, for example, introduced a
DVD-ROM drive in its 233MHz MMX Aptiva C-Series and two video ports that allow consumers to display the computer graphics and video on a television screen.