Most optical drives today are combo CD/DVD drives that support DVDs and all the CD formats: CD audio, CD-ROM, CD-R and CD-RW. The speeds of the drives are rated by their CD-ROM and DVD transfer rates.

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 ...

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." ...

Apple has issued a patent application for an adapter to convert mini CD/DVD-ROMs to standard 12 cm size for use in slot-loading drives found on many of Apple's computer models. Apple points out that ...

IE only audio discs, but yea, just plug in headphones and go. I have to use it as Im too lazy to plug the audio out cable from my drive to the soundcard ...

For many years now a source for some of the smallest and cheapest home made CNC mechanisms has been the seemingly never-ending supply of surplus CD and DVD-ROM drives. The linear actuator that moves ...

Replay: The battlefields of the audio visual world are littered with the corpses of dead formats, none more so than the fight to put moving images on to discs. With the exception of LaserDisc, none of ...

We will explain this procedure below. ASPI Drivers CD/DVD Drives ASPI is an acronym for Advanced SCSI Programming Interface. ASPI drivers are the interface between software and hardware (CD/DVD-ROM ...

Your Windows doesn’t recognize DVD? If your Windows 11/10 can’t find DVD or CD drive or if your CD or DVD drive is not detected, showing, reading or working, or will not read or write media on your ...