The legendary Japanese brand Pioneer has said it's ceasing all production of optical drives for Blu-ray media players and DVD ...

That’s the situation [Chad Boughton] recently found himself in, so he decided to build a compact CD player that could discreetly connect up to his fancy Klipsch speaker. The optical drive itself ...

An optical disc (CD, DVD) or USB drive that contains a bootable program that takes control of the computer. Computers are typically configured to look for the OS on a CD or DVD first and then the ...

Only slightly bigger than a CD case, the Apple USB SuperDrive slips ... models from 2008 and later that don't have a built-in optical drive.

Optical media also have a 30-year life and are less vulnerable to extreme hot or cold. However, as a transportable storage medium, they have mostly been superseded by USB-based flash drives and ...

Everyone knows optical disc formats like CD and DVD ... since these are just normal CDs that any CD-ROM drive could read and the discs cost cents, while VHS tapes were actually expensive as ...

The case, which stems from allegations that Quanta Storage and six other companies artificially inflated the prices of optical disk drive sold to HP from 2003 to 2009, means Quanta Storage may ...

Click on the instructions tab to get a bit more of the story. The enclosure that he’s using is meant for a 5.25″ optical drive. It comes with a USB to SATA converter which is how he connects ...

Vendor seeks damages as it claims it paid over the odds for optical disk drives from Samsung, Sony, Hitachi and others Dell has accused a handful of hardware manufacturers of being involved in a price ...

Buyers in Australia will have to spend more on the PS5 with optical disc drive, which will now start at AUD 829.95 and NZD 949.95, respectively. The digital edition PS5 will not get price hikes there.