Step aside, flash storage: here's why I swear by DVD-R and DVD-RW discs for all my data archival needs in 2026 (yes, really).

It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose.

An opened jumbo pack of "Sony DVD-R 16x" with no other information. 90+ disks on the spindle. A sealed 50-pack of Memorex CD-R, made in China, packaging has copyright dates of 2006. A sealed 25-pack ...

90s Kids will remember CD-R King as the go-to place for buying recordable media like CD-Rs for cheap. CD-R King evolved further in the 2000s and early 2010s in offering a variety of products that ...

Sony plans to eventually stop producing consumer-grade recordable Blu-ray discs, but commercial products such as game and film Blu-rays will still be produced. Sony Group will lay off 250 employees at ...

Region coding is a common issue faced by people who love to watch films from around the world. Every DVD or Blu-ray disc has a region code, which means that it can only be played in a player that is ...

DVDs have been the most popular mode of data storage since their introduction in 1995. They are easy to use, portable, and can hold a large amount of data. However, there are different types of DVDs ...

Prodisc Technology has developed a DVD-R disc that can hold 200MB more data than current discs and plans to unveil it at next week’s Computex show in Taiwan. The disc has a capacity of 4.9GB, versus 4 ...

I've been told I can only use the -r/rw disks in this drive. DVD-R disks work fine but I can't write anything on any of the DVD-RW disks I've got. I've got different makes of disks but none work. I'm ...