- Technology Blog
- By Sebastian Pop
- August 27th, 2012
Sony Backs Out of Optical Drive Business
Subsidiary Optiarc Inc. is shutting down, or so reports say
- Technology Blog
- By Sebastian Pop
- July 27th, 2012
ODD Price Fixing Case Begins to Cause Reactions
So far, they have been favorable, but there is no telling about the future
- Storage
- By Constantin Murariu
- May 25th, 2012
ASUS Presents a 24x Power-Efficient DVD Writer
This model uses 50% less power when idling with the disc in or out
- Storage
- By Sebastian Pop
- April 26th, 2012
Tablets Getting Optical Drives, Trade-Offs Not Such a Big Deal
The product revealed yesterday is Samsung's answer to trade-offs
- Laptops
- By Sebastian Pop
- April 24th, 2012
HP, Dell, ASUS Will Release Ultrabooks Without Optical Drives
Whether a good thing or not, they will make it happen
- Technology Blog
- By Sebastian Pop
- April 4th, 2012
I-O Data Releases BRP-U6C Portable Blu-ray Drives
They can read quad-layer and triple-layer disks at 4X
- Technology Blog
- By Sebastian Pop
- March 21st, 2012
I-O Data Puts Together New Blu-ray Writer
It will start shipping at the end of the month (March, 2012)
- Technology Blog
- By Sebastian Pop
- March 8th, 2012
Buffalo Reveals SATA Blu-ray Writer with BDXL Support
It will start shipping at the end of the month (March 2012)
- Technology Blog
- By Sebastian Pop
- February 3rd, 2012
LG Also Builds a BDXL Writer, an External One with LightScribe Support
The scribing speeds are more or less similar to those of rival devices
- Technology Blog
- By Sebastian Pop
- February 3rd, 2012
New Blu-ray Disk Writer Introduced by Pioneer
Supports writing of BDXL disks at speeds of up to 6X
- Technology Blog
- By Sebastian Pop
- January 26th, 2012
Plextor Intros PX-B950SA Blu-Ray Disk Writer
It should already be up for sale in Japan, at 11,980 JPY / $154 / 117.72 Euro
- Technology Blog
- By Sebastian Pop
- January 5th, 2012
Pioneer Reveals Smallest and Lightest BDXL Blu-ray Player
Can write both triple-layer and quad-layer large-capacity disks
- Technology Blog
- By Sebastian Pop
- December 19th, 2011
Pioneer Blu-Ray Burner Writes BDXL Disks at 6X
Features PureRead2 and Peak Power Reducer technologies
- Technology Blog
- By Sebastian Pop
- December 7th, 2011
Store Your Laptop and an ODD in the Treasure TS06 from SilverStone
Travelers might just try this out if they have a laptop without its own DVD unit
- Storage
- By Sebastian Pop
- October 18th, 2011
Thor and Star Wars Help Blu-Ray Sales
Movies breathe some life into a market segment that wasn't doing too well
- Storage
- By Sebastian Pop
- October 14th, 2011
Computer Storage Products Somehow Manage to Grow
The earthquake disaster proved to have some fairly ironic consequences
- Storage
- By Sebastian Pop
- September 20th, 2011
Addonics Snap-In Disk Array Gives ODD Bays an Extra Use
Lets four 2.5-inch drives be placed inside a 5.25-inch bay