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 ...

If all you plan to do with your netbook is surf the web, check your email, and maybe enjoy some downloaded music and movies, you might not even notice the missing disc drive. But if you want to ...

November 21, 2007 Korean Electronics giant Samsung has introduced a new optical disc drive - the TruDirect SE-S204S - which allows users to “directly” create DVDs and burn digital content through a PC ...

Hewlett-Packard has filed a lawsuit against seven leading optical disk drive makers, claiming they conspired to artificially inflate disk drive prices over a six-year period. The suit was filed ...

One of the most interesting parts of the recent Apple Mac Mini and MacBook Air refresh is that Apple is moving away from optical drives. Apple isn't the only company to do so, raising the question "Is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Optical disc drive on a modern laptop computer. Scientists have developed a new type of optical disc that can increase information ...

Our journey today begins in 2003 — April 1, 2003, to be exact. That day marked the day purchasers of optical disk drives (think "desktop computers" and "DVD players" and "CD players" and various ...

(I could have gone with Other Hardware for this, but I bought drives for audio use hence this forum.) If you purchased a new computer with an internal ODD, a stand-alone ODD designed for internal use ...