A device that records onto CD-R discs. Stand-alone CD duplicators, as well as most CD/DVD drives in personal computers, are CD burners. However, CD players used in stereos and home theaters are ...

Write-protected CDs are designed to have files copied to them only once. Blank write-protected CDs are identified as CD-R discs. Using the default options in Windows, once you copy files to a CD-R and ...

Shareware developer James Sentman has released CD Session Burner 2.0 for Mac OS X, an application that lets you burn multiple volumes on CD-R or CD-RW media. Disk Burner, the software that comes with ...

In the beginning, burning a CD used to lock up your computer for an hour and a half while your burner was spinning away at 1x, leaving you with plenty of free time to watch a VH-1 program on the rise ...

When we routinely carry devices holding tens or hundreds of gigabytes of data, it’s sometimes a shock to remember that there was once a time when 650 MB on a CD was a very big deal indeed. These now ...

A CD burner from Plextor that can overburn, fitting nearly a gigabyte onto a 700MB CD-R, or potentially almost 112 minutes onto an 80 minute disc. The major downside to the PlexWriter Premium is that ...

The Good: Fast drive burns CD-Rs in minutes. Low noise, low heat. The Bad: The drive's 8MB buffer minimizes the chance of buffer under-run but doesn't eliminate it. The Verdict: A fast, efficient, ...

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 ...

The Good: The Mini CD-Rs used by the PhotoVault are dirt cheap compared to memory cards, and can act as a long-term backup solution for your digital photo library. The Bad: The unit itself has a ...