Optical Drive - CF-74

Panasonic Toughbook CF-74 Optical Drive

Every Panasonic Toughbook CF-74 comes with a DVD-ROM / CD-R/RW combo drive or a DVD MULTI Drive that includes support for dual layered DVD’s. The DVD drives resides in the laptop’s multi-bay slot.

DVD-ROM / CD-R/RW Combo Drive (standard on mk1 - mk3):

DATA TRANSFER SPEED - READING

DVD-RAM: DVD-ROM: 8X (Max), CD-ROM: 24X (Max)

DATA TRANSFER SPEED - WRITING

CD-R: 24X (Max), CD-RW, 4X, High-Speed CD-RW: 10X, Ultra-Speed CD-RW: 24X (Max)

SUPPORTED DISCS/FORMATS - READING

DVD-ROM (4.7 GB, 8.5 GB, 9.4 GB, 17 GB), DVD-Video, DVD-R (1.4 GB, 3.95 GB, 4.7 GB), DVD-R DL (8.5 GB), DVD-RW (1.4 GB, 2.8 GB, 2.6 GB, 5.2 GB, 4.7 GB, 9.4 GB), DVD-RAM+R (4.7 GB), +R DL (8.5 GB), +RW (4.7 GB), CD-Audio, CD-ROM, CD-R, Photo CD, Video CD, CD-RW, CD TEXT, CD-EXTRA

SUPPORTED DISCS/FORMATS - WRITING

CD-R, CD-RW, High-Speed CD-RW, Ultra-Speed CD-RW

DVD Super MULTI Drive specs (optional on mk3, standard on mk4):

DATA TRANSFER SPEED - READING

DVD-RAM: 5X (Max), DVD-R: 8X (Max), DVD-R DL: 6X (Max), DVD-RW: 6X (Max), DVD-ROM: 8X (Max), +R: 8X (Max), +R DL: 6X (Max), +RW: 6X (Max), CD-ROM: 24X (Max), CD-R: 24X (Max), CD-RW: 24X (Max), High-Speed CD-RW: 24X (Max), Ultra-Speed CD-RW: 24X (Max)

DATA TRANSFER SPEED - WRITING

DVD-RAM: 5X (Max), DVD-R: 8X (Max), DVD-R DL: 4X (Max), DVD-RW: 4X (Max), +R: 8X (Max), +R DL: 4X (Max), +RW: 4X (Max), CD-R: 24X (Max), CD-RW: 4X, High-Speed CD-RW: 10X, Ultra-Speed CD-RW: 10X (Max)

SUPPORTED DISCS/FORMATS - READING

DVD-ROM (Single Layer, Dual Layer), DVD-Video, DVD-R (1.4 GB, 3.95 GB, 4.7 GB), DVD-R DL (8.5 GB), DVD-RW (Ver.1.1/1.2 1.4 GB, 2.8 GB, 4.7 GB, 9.4 GB), DVD-RAM (1.4 GB, 2.6 GB, 2.8 GB, 4.7 GB, 5.2 GB, 9.4 GB), +R (4.7 GB), +R DL (8.5 GB), +RW (4.7 GB), High Speed +RW (4.7 GB), CD-Audio, CD-ROM (XA compatible), CD-R, Photo CD (multiple session compatible), Video CD, CD-EXTRA, CD-RW, CD-TEXT, High-Speed CD-RW, Ultra-Speed CD-RW

SUPPORTED DISCS/FORMATS - WRITING

DVD-RAM (1.4 GB, 2.8 GB, 4.7 GB, 9.4 GB), DVD-R (1.4 GB, 4.7 GB for General), DVD-R DL (8.5 GB), DVD-RW (Ver.1.1/1.2 1.4 GB, 2.8 GB, 4.7 GB, 9.4 GB), +R (4.7 GB), +R DL (8.5 GB), +RW (4.7 GB), High Speed +RW (4.7 GB), CD-R, Photo CD (multiple session compatible), Video CD, CD-EXTRA, CD-RW, CD-TEXT, High-Speed CD-RW, Ultra-Speed CD-RW, CD-Audio

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The Panasonic Toughbook CF-74 is no longer in production and is only available in limited supply as a refurbished product. We recommend the following similar products: 

Toughbook CF-52

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