Samsung's New External DVD Drives are Thin By Niels Broekhuijsen published 25 July 14 Samsung's new external DVD drives are very thin.
Sony & Panasonic Optical Archival Disc Stores 300GB to 1TB By Kevin Parrish published 10 March 14 Sony and Panasonic talk more about their 300 GB optical disc.
New Encoding Tech May Bring Billions of Color to Blu-ray By Kevin Parrish published 27 January 14 One company is looking to bring 12-bit color encoding to Blu-ray.
4K Ultra HD Coming to Blu-ray By Kevin Parrish published 18 January 14 The BDA is currently working on a 4K/UHD format.
Pioneer Intros External "Picture Frame" Blu-Ray Burner By Kevin Parrish published 1 November 13 This external Blu-ray burner features a clear side for mounting photographs.
Sony, Panasonic Developing 300GB+ Optical Disc Standard By Kevin Parrish published 30 July 13 Sony and Panasonic want a 300 GB optical disc by 2015.
Tom's Guide: Tips for Living Without the Optical Drive By Jane McEntegart published 14 June 13 Check out Tom's Guide's latest article on surviving without an optical drive.
SilverStone Releases Slim Slot-Loading Blu-ray Burner For Mini-ITX Enclosures By Niels Broekhuijsen published 23 April 13 Silverstone released a thin form factor Blu-Ray drive, which is no different from the alternatives except that it is slot-loading.
Asus Releases Ultra-Slim External DVD Writer for Ultrabooks By Niels Broekhuijsen published 28 March 13 Asus has introduced its new SDRW-08U5S-U external DVD writer with details not found on more common competing products.
Pioneer Rolls Out Portable Blu-ray Drive By Niels Broekhuijsen published 17 March 13 Pioneer releases a sleek Blu-ray burner.
Sony Will Cease Shipping MiniDisc Devices in March By Kevin Parrish published 8 February 13 Sony will cease shipping MiniDisc devices in March.
Apple Says Optical Drives Were Holding It Back By Zak Islam published 30 October 12 Senior VP of global marketing stressed that competitors are afraid to ditch optical drives technology.
Transcend Debuts 13.9-mm High Portable CD/DVD Writer By Kevin Parrish published 19 October 12 Here's the perfect companion to your Ultrabook or super-thin notebook that doesn't have a built-in DVD burner.
Hitachi Says Data Lives Forever in Quartz Glass By Kevin Parrish published 25 September 12 Hitachi has found a way to store data in quartz glass.
Sony Bailing Out of Optical Drive Market By Kevin Parrish published 28 August 12 Sony is closing Sony Optiarc Inc. by March 2013 due to fierce competition.
Fujitsu Recycles Old CDs and DVDs Into Notebook PCs By Tuan Mai published 20 August 12 Finally putting those AOL trial discs to good use!
IBM Patents Optical Disc With Embedded Flash Memory By Wolfgang Gruener published 4 August 12 Just about when the HD wars were settled between HD DVD and Blu-ray, IBM submitted a patent for yet another disc format.
Google: We Really Didn't Delete All Street View Data By Kevin Parrish published 27 July 12 Google has admitted that it hasn't completely eradicated the personal data it collected via Street View cars.
Self-Assembling Chips Could Push Production Limits By Douglas Perry published 25 July 12 Researchers have found a way to enable the creation of circuitry with self-assembling rectangles.
Asus Teases Stylish BDXL Burner with 6x Max Write By Kevin Parrish published 15 May 12 Asus teased a new 6x Blu-ray burner supporting BDXL on Facebook.
