Development of High-Performance Reflective Film Enables Triple Layer Structure Comprised of Blu-ray Disc Layer and DVD Dual Layer JVC announced that it has developed the world's first Blu-ray/ DVD ...

IGN DVD Best of 2004 Awards This is my second year picking the best DVD categories for the year, and the first one where I've spent a full year on the job. This makes the job a little easier, as I've ...

Recordable DVDs capable of storing music, video and data files are inexpensive and available in a variety of formats, including DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW and DVD-RAM. When you're recording DVDs for ...

The combo drive is back. A few years ago, when DVD media was pricey and the cost of DVD burners was still well north of $300, a bunch of manufacturers shipped optical drives dubbed "combo drives." ...

TOKYO – Toshiba Corporation today continued its roll out of next generation HD DVD products with the announcement of the launch of the world’s first notebook PC with an HD DVD-ROM drive. “Qosmio ...

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) ...

I have to admit that when I received the eSAU108 External DVD Drive from Lite-On, I wondered, "do people still have a use for these?" - Most laptops these days carry with them a ROM drive and as for ...

When the first commercial DVD drives arrived in 1997, advocates for the technology heralded it as the heir apparent to CD-ROM drives, which were then standard equipment in new PCs and beginning to be ...

Have you noticed that it’s infinitely harder to play DVDs on computers or desktops as the sharp drop of the built-in DVD-ROM? In this case, is there a way to 100% retain DVD contents and structure and ...

Buy a slot one, I always worry that some day I will do something stupid and break the tray off my CD-ROM. But internally, they're the same, so go with your preference.

I am looking to add a DVD/CD-Rom reader to my system (mostly just for grins). <P>My concerns are what hardware and software do I need to be able to view a DVD.<P>My system is as follows:<BR>W2K ...