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 ...

As prices of writeable media and drives dropped, consumers rushed to duplicate games, create their own mix CDs, and backup their data on optical disc. It was a halcyon time. Fast forward to today ...

they have mostly been superseded by USB-based flash drives and external hard drives. Following are the major categories of optical discs in order of writability.

Optical encoder disks and strips are components of rotary and linear encoders, respectively. They are usually made of metal, plastic, glass, or paper. Optical encoders are sensors that translate ...

Unlike multi-session discs, existing data can be overwritten. To read from and write data to CDs and DVDs you will need a suitable drive. CD/DVD drives are able to: read all CD and DVD formats ...

An earlier removable, rewritable optical disk that also used magnetic technology. Introduced in 1985, magneto-optic (MO) media and drives are no longer manufactured. Refurbished drives and media ...

CES is happening this week and, as expected, we're already seeing a ton of new products. I had the pleasure of a walk-through ...

An Apple SuperDrive comes in handy if you are looking for an external optical disc that can be used on ... you must have installed the Boot Camp driver for Windows. Once this is done, you will ...

Fujitsu Limited has transferred its hard disk drive (HDD) business to Toshiba Corporation on October 1st, 2009. Please click here for Toshiba Web Site to see past Fujitsu hard disk drive OEM products.

New optical storage archiving systems promise 1PB optical cartridges by the 2030’s. Optical storage could be a significant contender for the digital archive market.

We had a good run, but it didn’t take too long for these to be replaced by flash drives and external HDDs. Like the magnetic cassette and the floppy disk before them, optical discs became ...