Founded in 1997 by HP, Philips, Sony and others, it developed the DVD+RW specification as an evolution of the CD-RW format. The Alliance was formed to provide a format that was more compatible ...

Most optical drives today are combo CD/DVD drives that support DVDs and all the CD formats: CD audio, CD-ROM, CD-R and CD-RW. The speeds of the drives are rated by their CD-ROM and DVD transfer rates.

The Denon is claimed to be capable with all kinds of digital audio, including SACD, CD and DSD (2.8MHz/5.6MHz). It can read DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW files up to 192kHz/24-bit and can also play CD-R ...