Most optical drives today are combo CD/DVD drives that support all the DVD and CD formats. The speeds of the drives are rated by their DVD-ROM and CD-ROM transfer rates. The original DVD drive (1x) ...

CD-ROM drives have gone through a dizzying series of speed increases over the past few years, and now drives such as Samsung's SD-612 are establishing the same pattern for DVD-ROM drives. The SD-612 ...

Most optical drives today are combo CD/DVD drives that support DVDs and all the CD formats: CD audio, CD-ROM, CD-R and CD-RW. The speeds of the drives are rated by their CD-ROM and DVD transfer rates.

QUESTION: Install a replacement CD-ROM drive or put a new CD Burner in my computer? I was not sure what was the wise move for me, because the other CD-ROM drive in my computer is not working right ...

I've been a Plextor fan forever, and I've got an old rig I use just for burning where the drive I use for extracting (an UltraPlex 40X SCSI CD-ROM) seems to have finally died.<BR><BR>(I've updated the ...