Plenty of people are replacing the optical drive in the original hardware with an optical drive emulator as they begin to fail, and with that comes the option for several other modifications to ...

But fear not, data hoarders. Two companies have stepped up to reassure the Japanese market that they'll keep producing high-quality optical media: Verbatim and I-O Data.

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.

Verbatim has pledged to continue supporting the recordable optical media market in Japan after Sony's manufacturing closure.

As prices of writeable media and drives dropped, consumers rushed to duplicate games, create their own mix CDs, and backup their data on optical disc. It was a halcyon time. Fast forward to today ...

As you might be aware, modern Apple and Windows laptops don’t come with DVD/CD drives. This is where devices like Apple SuperDrive come in to help you play, read and write these optical drives ...

A former senior official at Sony Interactive Entertainment names one feature he believes the PlayStation 6 must include at ...