Optical drives

Sony's 50GB Blu-Ray Writer now in India

Sony's 50GB Blu-Ray Writer now in India

28 Aug, 2006, 4:30 pm IST | Jayesh Mansukhani | Optical drives Optical drives | 8 Comments

Sony has just introduced its first internal Blu-ray Disc rewritable drive for sale in India. The new drive (model BWU-100A) supports up More

Samsung announces portable optical drive with Wi-Fi

Samsung announces portable optical drive with Wi-Fi

05 Sep, 2011, 7:04 pm IST | Roydon Cerejo | Optical drives Optical drives | 2 Comments

Just when we thought optical drives had bitten the dust, Samsung comes up with the SE-208BW with built-in Wi-Fi. Samsung calls it a Sma More

Blu-ray in 'stalemate' with HD DVD: Sony CEO

Blu-ray in 'stalemate' with HD DVD: Sony CEO

09 Nov, 2007, 6:56 pm IST | AP | Optical drives Optical drives

Howard Stringer, head of Sony Corp., says his company's Blu-ray disc format is in a 'stalemate' with the competing HD DV More

Free HD DVDs available as promotion campaign

Free HD DVDs available as promotion campaign

02 Sep, 2007, 2:00 pm IST | Siddharth Bhatia | Optical drives Optical drives

Autumn will see the release and promotion of a lot of new titles, available free with purchases of a few brands. More

Sony Blu-ray Drive Now Supports Movies

Sony Blu-ray Drive Now Supports Movies

30 Sep, 2006, 4:30 pm IST | Jayesh Mansukhani | Optical drives Optical drives

Cyberlink and Sony to release patch that will allow commercial Blu-Ray movies to be played with Sony's BWU-100A burner. More

Lite-On Launches the Fastest DVD Writer Yet!

Lite-On Launches the Fastest DVD Writer Yet!

14 Nov, 2006, 6:26 pm IST | Gaurav Seth | Optical drives Optical drives

Lite-On, a name synonymous with optical drives, has just launched the fastest DVD writer. Its called the 20x Super AllWrite LH-20A1P. More

Samsung unveils the SE-218BB, world’s thinnest DVD writer for ultrabooks and tablets

Samsung unveils the SE-218BB, world’s thinnest DVD writer for ultrabooks and tablets

28 Apr, 2012, 10:02 am IST | Aaron Almeida | Optical drives Optical drives

Samsung has a trend for being the world’s first and this time around it is no different. The brand's recently taken the wraps of More

Samsung to Stick To Blu-Ray Drives

Samsung to Stick To Blu-Ray Drives

29 Jun, 2006, 6:30 pm IST | Jayesh Mansukhani | Optical drives Optical drives

Contrary to expectations that Samsung would be releasing a hybrid player utilizing both Blu-Ray and HD-DVD according to a post More

Paramount to Drop Support For Blu-Ray

Paramount to Drop Support For Blu-Ray

21 Aug, 2007, 1:39 pm IST | AP | Optical drives Optical drives

Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. will offer next-generation DVDs in the HD DVD format and drop support for Blu-ray. More

CES: Verbatim to Ship 30GB HD DVD-R discs

CES: Verbatim to Ship 30GB HD DVD-R discs

08 Jan, 2007, 12:08 pm IST | Aalaap Ghag | Optical drives Optical drives

Verbatim Corporation will start shipping dual-layer HD DVD-R discs in North America. More

LG Launches Fastest Blu-ray Writer

LG Launches Fastest Blu-ray Writer

20 Mar, 2008, 11:00 am IST | Siddharth Bhatia | Optical drives Optical drives

LG Electronics has announced the launch of what they are calling the world's fastest Blu-ray writer. More

Imation to Manufacture Blu-ray and HD-DVD

Imation to Manufacture Blu-ray and HD-DVD

02 May, 2006, 12:15 pm IST | Jayesh Mansukhani | Optical drives Optical drives

One of the most talked about topics in tech circles right now is the rapidly escalating war between the two next generation formats nam More

Toshiba Unveils Portable HD-DVD Optical Drive

Toshiba Unveils Portable HD-DVD Optical Drive

03 Oct, 2006, 10:30 am IST | Jayesh Mansukhani | Optical drives Optical drives

Toshiba unveils wold's first portable HD-DVD writer for notebooks. More

Top 3 Freeware CD Burning Programs

Top 3 Freeware CD  Burning Programs

01 Aug, 2007, 6:00 pm IST | Jayesh Mansukhani | Optical drives Optical drives

We check out 3 lightweight and free alternatives to Nero. More

Plextor Introduces CD/DVD Destroyer

Plextor Introduces CD/DVD Destroyer

17 Oct, 2006, 3:45 pm IST | Gaurav Seth | Optical drives Optical drives

Plextor today announced its new PlexEraser PX-OE100E CD/DVD destroyer. More