DVD-Drive is too slow on Satellite A100-507

the dvd-drive mat****a dvd-ram uj-841s of my satelite a100-507 is too slow. (~1000 Kb/s - much too slow to watch a movie - and it dosn't depend on the player.)
the technical specifications of the manufacturer is 8x read + write for DVDs, even i can write DVDs up to 2.4x
is this a software problem? (i'm using Windows XP)

Hi
Are you not able to watch DVD on your notebook or what is the problem?
I have investigated a little bit and found some drive specifications:
Maximum read speed:
CD-ROM 24xMax
DVD-ROM 8xMax
Maximum write speed:
CD-R 24xMax
CD-RW 4xMax
HS CD-RW 10xMax
US CD-RW 10xMax
US+ CD-RW N/A
DVD-R 8xMax
DVD-R(Double Layer) 2xMax
DVD-RW 4xMax
DVD+R 8xMax
DVD+R(Double Layer) 2.4xMax
DVD+RW 4xMax
DVD-RAM 5xMax
So you info about 8x read + write for DVDs is not exactly true. It depends on the DVD medium.
Additionally its important to mention that these are the max values.
Sometimes the drive reads or writes with lower speed. It depends on a cache status.

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