Not absolutely sure, but this drive is often labeled as a "DVD ROM drive". Such drives are NOT "burners" (ie. they cannot write media). See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_disc_drive for a chart listing the different types of drives and their capabilities.
because it is a DVD burner, not a CD burner
It will say DVD-R or DVD on your burner.
A normal DVD burner should can burn both DVD-r and DVD-rw.
No. The laser in a CD burner is too wide to write to a DVD properly.
Nope... the data on a DVD-ROM is packed much tighter. A CD-ROM cannot read DVD's but a DVD-ROM can read CD's
A DVD Burner is hardware. Software would be stated as a DVD Burning Program.
No
Yes, a DVD burner is needed to burn a DVD from bit torrent movies.
This is what a DVD Burner is. If you know what a DVD Movie is then this will make you want one. A DVD Burner is where you have movies (movies such as wmp, .mkv e.t.c) on your laptop or computer that has a DVD Buner (NOT A CD Burner). DVD Burners are used to BURN(no I dont mean to set Blank DVD+R/DVD-R on fire) movies onto a blank DVD that can be played on your DVD Player (yes a DVD player). If you want a DVD Burner I suggest you get yourself a Laptop that as a DVD Burner installed. If you want alot of movies on your burned DVD you'll need alot of space on that DVD. Most of the Bla
Aluminum Slim External Ultra Fast "DUAL LAYER" DVDRW ± CD / DVD Burner is a really fast dvd burner.
If you already have a DVD burner, then the ROM you select is decided by your DVD burner. Take an example, my DVD burner supports DVD-r, DVD+r, DVD+rw, DVD-rw, so I can select any of then to burn my movies to. However, generally speaking, a DVD-rw is more compatible.
Yes. There is no difference that I know of between a DVD burned on a computer DVD burner and a DVD burned on a "tv" DVD burner.