Suppliers have ended production on certain optical disc readers due to market pressures, leading to availability concerns in the physical media space.

Microsoft ended official support for Windows 10 last week, which means an entirely new population has been forced to move to Windows 11, or be left behind. While the tech-savvy gentry can work their ...

As Sony and Microsoft prepare for next‑gen hardware, it is becoming increasingly unlikely that either company will be able to offer disc drives, even as optional add‑ons, regardless of whether they ...

Reports from Digital Foundry and Windows Central indicate Microsoft is struggling to source optical disc drives, pushing Xbox toward an all-digital next-gen console. Supply shortages, declining demand ...

Designed specifically for professional storage applications, such as document and medical imaging, e-mail archiving, multimedia projects, graphic design, and audio/video editing/authoring, the ProDATA ...

PS Audio and Naim had to cease production of two Hi-Fi models ...

Facepalm: The collapse of optical disc drive manufacturing might prove to be the final nail in the coffin for the few remaining players in the hi-fi audio industry. According to reports, premium ...

While some may speculate Sony will go disc-less with the PlayStation 6 console, former SIE chairman Shawn Layden thinks otherwise, stating that going fully-digital might hurt a sizeable portion of ...

Combination CD-R/RW and DVD drive attains 7,800-Kbyte/s CD recording speed Claiming the fastest CD recording speed of any combination CD-R/RW and DVD optical disc drive, the SM-352 gives system ...