If you bought a computer with a DVD drive (or a standalone DVD drive for a computer, including external ones) between April 1, 2003 and December 31, 2008, you're eligible to receive $10 for each ...

Of the drives we tested, the Archgon MD-8107 External UHD Blu-ray Optical Drive posted the most consistently good Blu-ray ripping speeds. Its Blu-ray and DVD burn speeds also ranked among the ...

"Optical drives require motors to spin the disc, and this uses more battery," Mushell said. "Companies are taking out motorized drives to improve battery life." App stores are contributing to the ...

Pioneer's newest optical disc drive does more than just play Blu-rays, but will be able to burn large capacity discs as well. According to its Japanese website (via Tom's Hardware), the BDR-213JBK ...

One of the things that’s set netbooks apart from fuller featured computers from day one is that most netbooks don’t have optical disc drives. They take up a lot of space, cost money, and add ...

You can get a 50 pack of blank DVDs for $16 on Amazon, or about 30 cents per blank DVD disc. Be sure to pick up an optical drive capable of burning discs if you’re planning on going that route.

If you just need a simple drive to install a program from a CD-ROM, you can buy an external CD/DVD drive for around $20 from Amazon. Any external optical drive you buy will plug into a USB port on ...

Step back to the early CD-ROM era, though, and things were a little kookier. Back in the late 1980s and early 1990s, drives hit the market that required the use of a bulky plastic caddy to load discs.

Released in 2020, the PS5 Digital Edition was the first Sony console to launch without an optical disc drive. The discless ...

Sony Patents a Detachable Optical Disc Drive, For the PS5? A new disc driver patent from Sony might be lending credence to a rumor about a detachable disc drive for the next Playstation 5 version.

The new disc is based on a material called AIE-DDPR, which has a much higher storage density than other formats. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission ...