Music, movies, and books have gone from physical objects to digital files over the past 10 years, and computer designs have changed with the times. A lot of computers — laptops, all-in-ones, and ...

Apple’s digital-hub strategy has made the DVD burner — with its ability to play movies, back up more than 4.5GB of data, and create movies that your friends can play on their home DVD players — a ...

Optical drives no longer come pre-installed in most PCs and laptops, yet they’re still indispensable for many users. Whether for playing old DVDs, installing ancient software from CDs, or burning data ...

Optical drives are still practical for many users, whether to play old CDs and DVDs, install software, or create backups—especially with modern laptops, which are usually supplied without a drive.

Got new technology? Great; you can plug Micro Solutions Inc.’s new Backpack Triple Play CD-RW into a newfangled, high-speed USB 2.0 port. Prefer old school? No problem; you can plug the $229 drive ...

Pioneer Electronics is aiming to reduce confusion in the DVD rewritable market by incorporating support for several major formats with its next-generation drive. The Long Beach, Calif.-based ...

Supporting x16 DVD and x52 CD write/rewrite speeds for the next generation of optical disc drives used in high-speed DVD/CD combination recorder units, the ZL40510/1 laser diode drivers include two ...