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.

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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 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 ...

We’ve seen many a budget DVD recorder, and most of them aren’t a pretty sight. LG and Alba have both released models under £100, and we wouldn’t really recommend either as bargains – they’re just too ...

I have a MacBook Pro and I have an external SuperDrive. I'm trying to get some data off of old DVD-Rs that I burned in college almost 2 decades ago. Well, they've deteriorated a bit. The data in the ...

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A new article says that the Xbox One can play content that has been burned on DVD-R discs but not on recordable Blu-Ray (BD-R) disc mediums, which leaves out legitimate content burned on those discs.

Verbatim has released a new line of DVD-R 8x discs that are manufactured using proprietary dual reflective layers to maximise both compatibility and longevity. leadpic_Verbatim_DVD May 1, 2007: ...

July 3, 2006: Verbatim has released a new line of Mini DVD+R Double-Layer (DL) discs that are ideal for certain DVD camcorders. Measuring only 8cm in diameter, the new discs provide nearly one hour of ...