In the battle between competing next-generation optical storage formats, HD-DVD and Blu-ray have their advantages and disadvantages. HD-DVD supporters have long claimed their format was cheaper than ...

LG offers a dual-format drive for high-def discs at a very competitive price. For those who don’t want to https://www.pcworld.com/ic/dvd/, the format-agnostic high ...

This post was done in partnership with The Wirecutter, a list of the best technology to buy. Read the full article below at TheWirecutter.com. The $80 Samsung SE-506CB is the best external Blu-ray ...

Been pondering snagging one of these to enable ripping some BR disks for mobile viewing, but the price is still pretty off-putting from a simple cost standpoint; approximately 5x the price of a ...

Perfect for system builders or anyone running a media-center PC, this Lite-On drive lets you watch Blu-ray movies on your monitor or HDTV. Player software is included. Rick Broida is the author of ...

Adding a Blu-ray or HD DVD drive to a laptop is no small investment, but if you're a digital content creator or a media producer working with high-definition video, it starts to make sense. Alienware ...

Sony Electronics is expanding into new markets with its recordable DVD products. The company is demonstrating Blu-ray drives and media for professional use as well as new multiformat DVD drives with ...

YouTube channel HDTVTest has put the PS5 4K Blu-ray drive up against the Xbox Series X’s version, and the results are pretty conclusion: Sony‘s console offers a ...

If streaming multimedia isn’t your thing, this is the best looking, friendliest NAS box out there. This Blu-ray writer lets you back the box’s contents up to Blu-ray recordable or rewritable discs.

Pioneer Electronics announced today that it is shipping a Blu-ray computer drive, the industry's first. The BDR-101A uses blue laser technology to burn up to 25GB of data onto a single-layer Blu-ray ...

While console gamers won't have the option of stepping up to the world of Blu-ray gaming until the PS3 launches in November, PC players on the bleeding edge of technology can already equip their ...

From what I've noticed, most games to be installed can be downloaded off the internet without physical media, let alone the need for any optical drive. At worst, you may want a DVD drive (and dollars ...