Optical Media

Pioneer's BDR-WX01DM optical disc drive and IPS-BD11J03P BD-R are compliant with the Japanese JIS X6257 standard, promise to last for a century.

Samsung's new external DVD drives are very thin.

Sony and Panasonic talk more about their 300 GB optical disc.

One company is looking to bring 12-bit color encoding to Blu-ray.

The BDA is currently working on a 4K/UHD format.

This external Blu-ray burner features a clear side for mounting photographs.

Sony and Panasonic want a 300 GB optical disc by 2015.

Check out Tom's Guide's latest article on surviving without an optical drive.

Silverstone released a thin form factor Blu-Ray drive, which is no different from the alternatives except that it is slot-loading.

Asus has introduced its new SDRW-08U5S-U external DVD writer with details not found on more common competing products.

Pioneer releases a sleek Blu-ray burner.

Sony will cease shipping MiniDisc devices in March.

Senior VP of global marketing stressed that competitors are afraid to ditch optical drives technology.

Here's the perfect companion to your Ultrabook or super-thin notebook that doesn't have a built-in DVD burner.

Hitachi has found a way to store data in quartz glass.

Sony is closing Sony Optiarc Inc. by March 2013 due to fierce competition.

Finally putting those AOL trial discs to good use!

Just about when the HD wars were settled between HD DVD and Blu-ray, IBM submitted a patent for yet another disc format.

Google has admitted that it hasn't completely eradicated the personal data it collected via Street View cars.

Researchers have found a way to enable the creation of circuitry with self-assembling rectangles.