Optical drives let your computer read and interact with discs like CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays. While nearly every computer had them a few years ago, they're rare to see on new computers now. If you need ...

A hardware feature that used to be standard on computers and consoles has quietly disappeared. Several practical shifts ...

Demonstrating its continued commitment to high definition optical disc technology, Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. today announces the BDC-2202, a robust Blu-ray Disc computer drive, which will be ...

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Invented back in 1971, the floppy disk is remembered as one of the most iconic and reliable disk storage solutions. Specifically, it was the 3.5-inch floppy that became a literal icon, one we still ...

New physics research out of the University of California Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz) offers new insight into a poorly understood aspect of disc drive failures, according to industry experts, though ...

I should qualify that headline by saying almost anything with a disc drive. I’m sure you can’t copy games to your 2010 Honda Pilot using the janky 6-disc CD changer, but I’m sure some brave soul out ...