I have been Contributing Editor at one of the biggest selling UK computer magazines, PC Pro, since the first issue back in 1994. Lite-On are on something of a roll, establishing quite a reputation for ...

For those of you that have jumped on the Ultrabook or MacBook Pro bandwagon like myself, you know as well as I do that optical drives come at a premium. When I first purchased my Macbook Pro, the ...

Despite its decent performance and portability, a comparatively steep price tag makes the HP dvd560s DVD burner a less-than-compelling solution for users who aren't ready to part with their DVDs or ...

Samsung introduced the SH-222AB internal DVD writer with fast Lead-In that considerably reduces disc recognition time during start-up. With SAMSUNG's new DVD writers, consumers will get ultra quick ...

In an increasingly disc-less world, the HP dvd550s external DVD burner is a simple and affordable external optical drive that fills the void for those who still need to read and write DVDs or CDs. The ...

ROM drives don't seem to move forward as fast as a lot of other technology we look at, but today we're looking at the iHAS524 which carries with it some serious numbers that could no doubt break the ...

TOKYO — Toshiba announced the world’s first slim HD DVD drive for notebook PCs that can read and write to HD DVD, standard DVD and CD discs. Sample shipments of the new drive, SD-L902A, are scheduled ...

The HP DVD Movie Writer dc3000 makes analog tape-to-DVD conversions extraordinarily easy. It provides a competent suite for video editing, DVD authoring, and other CD/DVD recording functions, and it's ...

We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Arthur Gies Arthur Gies is an editor for Wirecutter's tech coverage. He's ...

I've been a tech journalist for almost 25 years and started Pocket-lint in 2003. Over the years I've questioned or interviewed leading tech industry figures from Steve Jobs, Steve Ballmer, Mark ...

It used to be the case that the fastest optical drive was, by default, the best. Reducing CD burn times from 12 minutes to eight and then to six was considered significant evolutionary progress. But ...

Are you failing at burning DVDs and seeing the error code 0xc0aa0301 while trying to burn a DVD on your Windows PC using the DVD writer? If so, then this post will ...