An industry consortium devoted to promoting rewritable and write-once DVD standards. Founded in 1997 by HP, Philips, Sony and others, it developed the DVD+RW specification as an evolution of the CD-RW ...

Sony NEC Optiarc is a relatively new name in the optical storage industry. While the company has only been around for a handful of years, it already has a lot of experience under its belt. Established ...

The DVD+RW camp, which includes Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Philips, plans to put so-called “double-layer” DVD recording devices on the market by next spring. Discs on these systems are expected to hold ...

The AD-7240S we received from Sony Optiarc was an OEM version. The drive did not come with any software, cables or even a printed manual. The drive Optiarc sent us for this review was manufactured in ...

If, like me you rarely use an internal optical drive now in any of your system builds, then the product we are looking at today will be of particular interest. The Asus Extreme Slim DVD-RW Drive is ...

Most modern computers no longer come with optical disc readers like CD or DVD drives, but the market for external CD/DVD drives is still going strong.

DVD-RW Drives are DVD Drive that has the ability to record on a ReWritable DVD. Depending on the drive they can also write DVD-R media as well. This term was viewed 13,723 times.

Portable products typically must balance a set of contrary design goals: they can either offer fast performance or be physically light, but not both. LaCie’s Portable DVD±RW with LightScribe, Design ...

Even if you have a Mac with a dual-layer DVD burner, there are good reasons for buying a newer external burner. For example, MacBook users might be fed up with the pokey performance of the MacBook’s ...

The ability to hold a movie or several episodes of your favorite television with crystal clear picture and full surround sound has transformed how we enjoy our entertainment centers. Unfortunately, ...

CNET answers a reader's question about what discs she should use for her DVD recorder. digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/hardware/What_discs_should_I_buy_for_my_DVD ...