Most modern laptops lack an optical drive, yet CDs and DVDs are still used in many households, whether for playing old movies ...

A new external DVD burner from Plextor. The PX-504UF can connect to a PC using either FireWire or USB 2.0 (a nice option to have), and burns DVDs in the ...

Read UPDATE: Looks like this might actually be the second all-format external DVD burner. A reader writes in to point out that the Sony DRX500-UL came out just a couple of months ago.

Enter the external DVD burner. Whether you need to burn DVDs on the go, or just want to enjoy a Blu-ray movie now and then, there are plenty of options to choose from.

Lite-On ships the drive with several pre-designed inserts on the top that users can choose from. It will burn and read all common DVD and CD formats. The drive is shipping right now for $69.99.

Sony, cognizant of this, has come up with a really good line of internal and external DVD burners that will create both plus and minus format discs. The external DRX-530UL drive ($250)will write a ...

Samsung has announced the latest in its TruDirect external DVD writer range, the SE-T084M. Featuring 8X DVD+R and DVD-R writing, 6X DVD+R and -R Dual Layer writing, and 5X DVD-RAM writing, the ...

Sometimes having an external DVD burner is a great idea. I mean think about it. What if that hot chick from math class comes over and she want’s a copy of American Pie 2 burned for her? You’d ...

A friend of mine is looking for an external FireWire DVD writer to use with his G4 PowerBook. He tried a QPS writer from Circuit City, but he wasn't real happy with it, so he returned it.<BR><BR ...

The Lacie burner case (blue front panel with silver case)that I have, is the one prior to the new D2 cases.<BR>I was wondering if anyone has upgraded a external Lacie CD-RW by putting in a DVD-RW.

A good example is Samsung’s new Writemaster TS-H552U, an external, rewritable DVD burner that operates at speeds of up to 16X for regular DVD burning and 5X for double-layer burning.