Q. I have a big box of 35mm mostly Kodachrome slides taken over the past 50 years or more. I would like to scan them and burn them onto optical disks, then catalog them so that I can find what I want ...

When you look at the excitement that Dolby Digital and dts 5.1-channel soundtracks from DVDs can generate played over a good home theater system, it’s not surprising that Sony/Philips and the DVD ...

Remember when laptops had disc drives? Here's when - and why - manufacturers decided to leave CDs and DVDs behind for good.

Optical drives are still practical for many users, whether to play old CDs and DVDs, install software, or create ...

Minimum System Requirements for PC: 700MHz or faster genuine Intel Pentium III or higher, 512MB or more RAM, PCI slot-based USB 2.0 interface (combo cards not recommended), Desktop PC (laptops not ...

Now the PC market is on the cusp of another leap in optical disc technology: Blu-ray and HD-DVD. Blu-ray discs store 25 GB per layer, and the standard supports dual-sided discs. HD-DVD, by contrast, ...