Most optical drives today are combo CD/DVD drives that support DVDs and all the CD formats: CD audio, CD-ROM, CD-R and CD-RW. The speeds of the drives are rated by their CD-ROM and DVD transfer rates.

Most optical drives today are combo CD/DVD drives that support all the DVD and CD formats. The speeds of the drives are rated by their DVD-ROM and CD-ROM transfer rates. The original DVD drive (1x) ...

Shuttle, along with many other companies generally recognized as motherboard manufacturers, actually has a very diverse product line. They offer everything from CD-ROM drives to Video cards and a wide ...

It's been a long time since I've followed pc parts. And now that I'm building a new computer I regret it. It's time to buy the DVD-ROM drive and I dunno what to get. I hear sony's are good but I don't ...

DVD-ROM drives are now within NT$1,000 of their CD-ROM counterparts, and the assumption would be that they will eventually replace CD-ROM as the preferred optical storage device in PCs. However, many ...

Even the lowest-end notebooks on the market these days sport DVD-ROM drives, so why shouldn't you just plump for a notebook to meet your portable DVD watching needs? Alex Kidman is a freelance word ...

This is probably a really dumb question, but I thought I'd try it anyways. Basically, I'm building a system, and I don't want to have 2 optical drives if I can help it, and I was wondering if there ...

HLDS (Hitachi-LG Data Storage) and TSST (Toshiba-Samsung Storage Technology) are soon to cease manufacturing of both CD-ROM and CD-RW drives. Not too big of a surprise since the last time I went ...

When DVD-ROM drives and discs hit the market a few years ago, PC manufacturers touted them as the replacement for CD-ROM drives and discs. They tried to convince IT managers of their view by arguing ...