FAST OPTICAL RECORDING APPARATUS

摘要

The present invention relates to an apparatus for reading from and/or writing to optical recording media, which, is capable of high-speed reading and/or recording using multiple pickups. According to the invention, the optics bodies of at least two pickups are located on different levels. According to further aspects of the invention, at least two adjacent pickups are arranged head to tail, or in an apparatus having four or more pickups, which are arranged crosswise around a motor for rotating an optical recording medium, at least one of the pickups is arranged at an angle with regard to the crosswise arrangement.