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.

Do you know you can easily burn DVDs using your Windows PC? It hardly takes any time to burn a DVD using your PC, let’s see how. Remember that you can burn a CD or a DVD only if your laptop or desktop ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. DVD players first entered the scene in 1996 in Japan. The capacity of the original DVD (Digital Video Disc), single-sided, single-layer DVD-1, ...

You probably know that CDs are having a bit of a resurgence. It’s not nearly to the same level as vinyl, but CD sales increased last year for the first time in decades. And brands are taking notice.

Abstract: We analyze kink and power saturation phenomena of high power 660-nm laser diodes for DVD-R/RW experimentally. Power-current (P-I) and voltage-current (V-I) characteristics of laser diodes ...

View post: Walmart Is Selling a Sterilite Plastic Storage Bin for Just $7 This article is for those who still have a beloved DVD collection. Today, most people stream content on connected smart ...

Sony has announced the reduction of 250 jobs at its optical disc manufacturing plant in Tagaze, Japan, as part of an initiative to completely phase out the production of recordable optical media. All ...

The Apple SuperDrive is a beautifully designed CD drive for anyone who still needs an optical drive. With Apple’s design language and a premium aluminum enclosure, the SuperDrive is a great option for ...

Universal Disk Format (UDF) refers to the ISO 13346 and ECMA-167 vendor-neutral specification for computer data storage. While in practice it’s used to author DVDs, there’s nothing stopping someone ...

VHS tapes are from a long-forgotten era, but there are still DVD players that support the format. We've gathered the best DVD-VHS combo players in a single list, and looked over their pros and cons.