DVD burners

Optical disc recorders

A DVD burner is a computer drive that can write data to recordable DVDs, as opposed to drives that only read discs.

The term became common in the early 2000s when the technology moved from professional studios to home computers: I burned a copy of the wedding video on my DVD burner.

Now largely obsolete as USB drives and cloud storage have replaced optical media.

process

ripping

Tearing with force

authoring · rendering · multiplexing · finalizing · mastering · formatting · converting · extracting · decrypting · bitrate

media

disc

Flat circular object

sleeve · label · printable · dye · capacity · gigabytes · archive · backup · rewritable

backup

archive

Stored historical records

  • copyIdentical reproduction made
  • duplicateExact replica of original
  • cloneGenetically identical organism

backup · preserve · store · files · data · photos · videos · documents · collection · library

hardware

optical

Of vision or light

disc · firmware · SATA · IDE · rewritable · tray · buffer · underrun · interface · spindle

content

movie

Recorded visual narrative

wedding · footage · compilation · mix · playlist · menu · chapters · subtitles · project · ISO

Opposites
function (write vs read)

DVD burnersDVD players

Devices for watching films

media players · CD players · CD-ROM drives · home theater systems · set-top boxes

technological era

DVD burnerscloud storage

Online data preservation service

streaming services · digital downloads · solid-state drives · flash drives · Netflix

Family

DVD, burner, burners, burn, burns, burned, burnt, burning, burnable

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G