Why 'disc rot' is quietly destroying your oldest backups ...

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.

Philippines' CD-R King, a famous tech retail company that offered almost all kinds of gadgets, seemingly left the public eye during the height of the 2020 COVID pandemic. Still, sources have found one ...

90s Kids will remember CD-R King as the go-to place for buying recordable media like CD-Rs for cheap. CD-R King evolved further in the 2000s and early 2010s in offering a variety of products that ...

Sony has announced the reduction of 250 jobs at its optical disc manufacturing plant in Tagaze, Japan, as part of an initiative to completely phase out the production of recordable optical media. All ...

The Apple USB SuperDrive remains a sturdily made and useful addition for anyone with a Mac that lacks its own optical drive. It’s not essential for most users these days, but if you need a no-nonsense ...

This is actually pretty simple, although the alphabet stew can be confusing to the uninitiated. So, assuming you’re even more of a novice than you probably are, here are the basics: CD vs DVD: CD is ...

Q: I have a Panasonic DMR-EZ48VK recorder that I recently purchased. This is all new to me. I would like to know what disc-type I should buy for recording VCR tapes onto a DVD disc. Also, is there a ...

I'm at a loss when customers ask me what the difference is between DVD<B>-</B>Rs and DVD<B>+</B>Rs. I Google'd this topic but found dated articles.<BR><BR>I'd really appreciate it if anyone pointed me ...

Vibrantly Colored Discs Combine 4.7GB Capacity on DVD’s Storage Side With Direct-to-Disc Burning of Silkscreen-quality Graphics/Text on Label Side Verbatim Corporation, the storage media producer ...

Ritek, the second largest Taiwan-based maker of optical discs, will, in line with its overall adjustment in production, shift some of its blank CD-R and DVD+R/-R disc manufacturing equipment from ...

Taiwan-based optical disc makers will receive significantly more OEM orders for CD-R and DVD+R/-R discs this quarter than in the second quarter of 2007, but will suffer unavoidable rises in the ...