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Hardcore SpongeBob speedrunners smudged Xbox optical disks with sweat and grease to exploit 'lag clip' trick
A grease smear-induced optical disc reading quirk can save speedrunners lots of time in SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom on Xbox.
Another major Japanese electronics firm exits the Blu-ray market
Japanese PC peripherals and accessories stalwart Elecom has announced that it is pulling out of the Blu-ray drive market.
Microscopes can clearly see the video on the surface of a CED 'LaserDisc,' discovers Techtuber
Images representing the contents can clearly be seen when studying the surface of a CED ‘LaserDisc’ under a microscope.
Six-month rewritable DVD endurance test crowns winner with 1,000 rewrites, shows the best discs are no longer manufactured
A tech enthusiast has shared their DVD rewritable durability findings, following six months of testing.
Portable USB DVD writer with 2.5-inch SATA and SD card dock slashed by 30% to $21 — optical drive can read and write CDs at 24X, and DVDs at 8X
Deals Optical drives can still be handy in 2026, though desktop and PC laptop makers very rarely offer them. Here's a USB-attached device that is also a SATA dock, and more, for under $21.
Sony will ship its final Blu-ray recorders this month
Another rampart of the consumer optical media market has crumbled away with Sony closing down its Blu-ray disk recorder business.
Open source IDE-ATAPI drive emulator launches for vintage computers
PicoIDE is touted as 'an open source IDE/ATAPI drive emulator for vintage computers.'
Windows Media Player’s ‘find album information’ functionality has been removed
Microsoft has quietly removed ‘find album information’ and ‘update album info online’ tools from the Media Player apps supplied with Windows 11.
