With every passing day, laptops are getting slimmer and slimmer, but that ultra-slim form factor comes at a cost. To achieve that, laptop manufacturers have to shed some hardware features like ...

With portability and solid performance on its side, the HP bd530s is a good portable DVD burner that could have been great if it was capable of writing to Blu-ray discs or offered the additional ...

The Samsung SE-506AB External Slim Blu-ray Re-Writer is a convenient portable Blu-ray optical drive, with Mac compatibility, AV connectivity, and other goodies thrown in for good measure. Design ...

Sony Optiarc revealed a new dual USB bus powered slim portable DVD/CD rewriteable drive designed for use with notebooks, netbooks, and desktop PCs. The new DRX-S90U drive features a lightweight design ...

Addonics has added new portable optical drives to its line that feature a built-in eSATA and USB interface. The new Pocket Blu-ray/DVDRW and the Pocket DVD-RRW drive provide throughput up to ...

Subject says what I need. There is also its big brother, the Pioneer BDR-XU03, but that seems to have even less information available on it. Perhaps the next best drive is the LG BP40NS20 or the ...

The Plextor External Blu-ray PX-LB950UE's speedy performance and support for several rewritable formats make it a smart for a portable optical drive, despite a few irritating faults. We've spent a lot ...

Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...