While CD burners are standard fare on PCs these days, the immediate future lies in DVD burners that can store far more data and entire movies on DVD discs. Pioneer’s DVR-A03 DVD-R/RW writer is a ...

While not nearly as intriguing as ASUS' recent tie-up with Garmin, the outfit's newest external optical drive is still a looker. The stylish External Slim SDRW-08D1S-U measures in at just 6.1- x 5.5- ...

Plextor Announces 18X DVD+/-R External Burner with USB 2.0 and FireWire Interfaces That Delivers Data Transfer Speeds up to 480 MB/Sec Plextor LLC, a leading developer and manufacturer of ...

As you can see from the shots below, the Samsung SE-S184, finished in matt black and silver, is quite an elegant-looking unit. What you can't see for looking is that the unit burns discs quietly and ...

BenQ announced on June 29 the launch of two new 16x DVD+RW burner models, the DW1610 and DW1620. The company stated retail sales will begin in July with respective average prices of US$129 and US$149.

I remember 3 short years ago spending $200 for a 4X DVD-RW drive, now you can get a 16X Dual Format/Dual layer DVD with Lightscribe and DVD-RAM capability for less than $50. Sometimes change is good, ...

In an increasingly disc-less world, the HP dvd550s external DVD burner is a simple and affordable external optical drive that fills the void for those who still need to read and write DVDs or CDs. The ...

It used to be the case that the fastest optical drive was, by default, the best. Reducing CD burn times from 12 minutes to eight and then to six was considered significant evolutionary progress. But ...

Samsung have, for the moment at least, taken the title of "industry's fastest DVD burner" with their Super-WriteMaster SH-S223 drive. Capable of writing to all DVD formats, the SH-S223 burns at 22x ...

Toshiba on Tuesday will join competitor Sony in shipping high-end notebooks with drives capable of burning DVDs. The move comes as PC makers look to revive sluggish sales and to repeat the ...

Samsung Electronics Ltd., the worldwide digital consumer electronics and information technology leader, announces the world’s fastest DVD burner, the Super-WriteMaster™ SH-S203. The SH-S203 is a 20X ...

The project illustrates a DVD burner turned into a high-powered laser with a visible red at about 650nm and a peak output measured at 225mW. The device can be used to light up matches, pop balloons, ...