Optical drives are devices that read and write data from optical discs, such as CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays. They are commonly used for storing and playing media files, installing software ...

It's 2025 and after almost 20 years, Sony has announced that it is ending Blu-ray media production as well as MiniDiscs, ...

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 ...

The focus is on drives that are based on Mediatek chipsets. Most of the knowledge is based on analysis of Samsung SDG-605B (Firmware: x010). The list of drives per chipset is incomplete. There are ...

The optical disc drive for the PlayStation 5 is back in stock at select U.S. retailers, but it likely won't stay available ...

they have mostly been superseded by USB-based flash drives and external hard drives.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.

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 ...

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.

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

Optical data storage is the use of light to ... Chu and colleagues explore holographic data storage as a replacement for hard disk drives, introducing an energy optimization framework for Fe ...

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 ...