Budget PC buyers could land a once-luxury DVD burner as computer makers use lower prices to chase sales ahead of the holiday season. Recordable DVD drives earlier this year were sold as a high-end ...

I am the owner of a Celeron 600 with 256Mb RAM and 80GB hard disk. Also my graphics card is Diamond Viper V770, 128 bit, AGP,32MB SDR. Before I buy my DVD-RW I was hearing different kind of stories ...

If you’re a part of the generation that has witnessed the digital transformation and seen tech evolve into its current state, you’re probably familiar with CDs and DVDs. Or perhaps you’re even holding ...

The DVD format that worked like a hard drive (and failed because hard drives exist) ...

Elinor Mills covers Internet security and privacy. She joined CNET News in 2005 after working as a foreign correspondent for Reuters in Portugal and writing for The Industry Standard, the IDG News ...

When you install Windows 8 on your system, you gain access to a number of new features. Some are clear upgrades over previous versions of Windows—the new system-wide search, for instance—while others ...

Optical drives let your computer read and interact with discs like CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays. While nearly every computer had them a few years ago, they're rare to see on new computers now. If you need ...

Music, movies, and books have gone from physical objects to digital files over the past 10 years, and computer designs have changed with the times. A lot of computers — laptops, all-in-ones, and ...

I've got a pretty extensive DVD collection at home, and I would love to be able to watch DVDs on my computer. The problem is, my main computer I want use to watch movies on does not have a DVD player.

John is a writer at Pocket-lint. He is passionate about all things technology, and is always keeping up with the latest smartphone and PC releases. John has previously written at MobileSyrup. When ...