SAN JOSE, Calif., May 3, 2005 – Sony Electronics is expanding its lineup of award-winning DVD burners with a pair of new drives that support 4X DVD-R Dual Layer (DL) recording. The internal DRU-800A ...

Stores should now be holding stock of the world's first 8cm DVD-R dual layer discs, made by Verbatim and allowing compatible DVD camcorders to carry out up to 54-minutes' continuous recording on a ...

The gap in time-to-market for 16x DVD+R/-R and 8.5GB DVD+R DL (single-sided double-layer) discs between top- and second-tier manufacturers of optical discs in Taiwan is expected to increase, compared ...

The Memorex 16X Dual Format Double-Layer DVD Recorder is a fine product that combines top-notch performance with exceptional software. It did reveal a few compatibility problems in the lab and can't ...

CMC Magnetics, a leading producer of optical discs in Taiwan, on August 26 announced that it has gained certification for DVD+R DL (single-sided double-layer) discs from Philips and is so far the only ...

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 ...

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It's not hard to fill a DVD or CD with flawless digital copies of data, music, and video files, but it's not nearly as easy to create a picture-perfect label for that same disc. Scrawling song titles ...

As you can imagine, external DVD drives are much easier to use and install than their internal cousins. You just plug the drive into a free USB or FireWire port on your PC, load some copying software, ...

At CES 2007, Toshiba is launching what's set to be the world's first multi-function HD DVD rewriter for desktop PCs. The SATA-based SD-H903A, pictured below, writes to single-layer (15GB) HD DVD discs ...

Optical drives are still practical for many users, whether to play old CDs and DVDs, install software, or create backups—especially with modern laptops, which are usually supplied without a drive.

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