Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. today announced the new BDC-202 combination Blu-ray Disc BD-ROM computer drive with enhanced DVD and CD writing and reading capabilities. The newly designed Pioneer ...

Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. is now shipping the highly anticipated BDC-2202 combination Blu-ray Disc BD-ROM/DVD/CD computer drive to retail stores. The product can ...

Burner Records 25GB to 50GB Discs for Removable Data Storage, Computer Backup, and High-Definition Video FREMONT, Calif. - August 28, 2006 - Plextor Corp., a leading developer and manufacturer of high ...

The Addonics Zebra family joins the Hi-Def venture with the release of Blu-Ray and HD-DVD combo player. The multiple functional optical drive also supports legacy DVD, DVD DL, CD and burns DVD±R/RW ...

It is possible to create virtual Blu-ray / HD-DVD / DVD / CD drive that can mount DVD / Blu-ray image files, this free software "Virtual CloneDrive"is. It is compatible with Windows 98 / 98SE / ME / ...

Anything modern will burn DVD and all its variants, plus CD, with ease. The one exception is DVD-RAM which most modern drives don't support, and none of the ones that support it will support DVD-RAM ...

In the battle between competing next-generation optical storage formats, HD-DVD and Blu-ray have their advantages and disadvantages. HD-DVD supporters have long claimed their format was cheaper than ...

Panasonic announced Friday that it has developed an internal Blu-ray disc drive for desktop computers in Japan. The company will begin offering the half-height internal Blu-ray disc drive, dubbed as ...

Although streaming and digital downloads have become mainstream options for consuming content, there are still customers who prefer the old-fashioned physical media, especially when downloading huge ...

Remember when: Like floppy drives before them, optical disc drives (ODD) were once a mainstay of computer builds. Whether you were installing new software or games, ripping music to your hard drive, ...

Sony will close its once-proud optical PC drive subsidiary by early next year, as part of its efforts to refocus on the connected world of smartphones, tablets and netbooks, a spokesman said Tuesday.

From what I've noticed, most games to be installed can be downloaded off the internet without physical media, let alone the need for any optical drive. At worst, you may want a DVD drive (and dollars ...