Last year, we expected DVD+R/RW burners to overtake the competition and thought that the establishment of a single standard would be critical for rapid adoption. We were half right: DVD+R/RW drives ...

Physical media is old school, but there are times where it may make sense for some PC owners. Let's take a look at compact discs (CDs), digital versatile discs (DVDs), and Blu-rays to see which option ...

It's been a long time since I've followed pc parts. And now that I'm building a new computer I regret it. It's time to buy the DVD-ROM drive and I dunno what to get. I hear sony's are good but I don't ...

One piece of technology that we often neglect in our systems is the very useful optical drive. Even as a professional system builder, I find myself often simply getting whatever DVD burner drive looks ...

When’s the last time you saw a laptop with a spinning disc drive on a store shelf? Outside of a pawn shop, I don’t think I’ve seen one in almost 10 years. But Japanese manufacturer Fujitsu just ...

The last Apple Mac to ship with an optical CD or DVD drive was a 13in MacBook Pro, originally released in June 2012, but on sale until October 2016, when Apple discontinued that model, more ...