An optical drive is a computer component that reads optical media such as CDs, DVDs, or Blu-ray discs. Optical drives are specific to the types of disc formats they can read. For example, the earlier ...

Most optical drives today are combo CD/DVD drives ... are rated by their CD-ROM and DVD transfer rates. The original CD-ROM drive (1x) transferred data at 150KB per second. By doubling the spindle ...

The 1990s saw a revolution occur, launched by the CD burner ... on to the disc-drive versions of modern consoles. Still, ask the average PC gamer the last time they handled an optical disc ...

The SEGA Saturn has several optical drive emulators available; these replace the onboard CD-ROM drive with a modern SD card reader. Although the hardware is great, there is no official menu interface ...