This ppt include optical, magnetic and solid storage devices.

1. Storage Devices By : Emily 10BW

3. Very cheap to produce

4. Most computers can read CDs. If there is no CD drive, a DVD drive can usually read them

6. Smaller storage capacity than a hard drive or DVD

8. DVD players can read CDs

9. DVDs are now mass produced so they are relatively cheap

11. There is no single standard of DVD

13. Greater movie support than the competition

14. manufacturers can produce the high definition players for much less than Blu-ray.

16. Region coding still unclear

17. Films aren’t cheaper, even if the player is

19. Mandatory Managed Copy

20. Backwards compatibility

21. Clear than DVD

23. The cost of film

24. Presently greater number of movie titles are available on DVD's

25. Future uncertainty (even without HD-DVD)

27. Cheap

28. Useful for transferring small files

29. Can be used many times

31. Small storage capacity

32. Many new computer don’t have floppy disk drives

33. Can transport viruses from one machine to another

34. Slow to access and retrieve data when compared to a hard disk

36. can store large amounts of data - over 100 Gb

40. More reliable than floppy disk, because they have no moving part

41. More compact and portable than floppy disks or CDs/DVDs.

43. The metal part which is inserted into the USB port can be snapped off if they are handled roughly

44. More expensive than floppy disks, CDs and DVDs