The new DRX-S70U-W sports a sleek design and supports up to 8X DVD±R recording speeds, delivering a full 4.7 GB disc of video, data, music or images on standard 8X DVD+R media. In addition, the drive ...

Sony has unveiled today four new Multi-format DVD/CD rewritable drives based on its 12th generation optical storage technology. This line-up features three designs and four configurations. Hailing it ...

Sony Optiarc America today unveiled two new optical disc drives — the new portable, slim external DVD/CD recordable drive and the second generation half height internal 24X DVD/CD recordable drive.

Retrospect and TEAC drives: a follow-up We have previously noted that Retrospect does not work with TEAC-based QPS CD-RW drives. Henry Cline received a detailed reminder of this from Dantz: "Check to ...

Thanks to the slow-poke way standards for DVD drives were adopted and some still-evident confusion, most home computers still don’t include a credible, easy-to-use DVD burner. Sony, cognizant of this, ...

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Optical drives are still practical for many users, whether to play old CDs and DVDs, install software, or create backups—especially with modern laptops, which are usually supplied without a drive.

Sometimes, you don't need the latest and greatest. Sometimes, all you need is something basic. If you're building a new machine and have no need for Blu-ray yet, Sony Optiarc has two new units that ...