Blu-ray discs first went on sale in 2006, when they did battle with the competing HD DVD standard ... rare to see an optical drive in a computer. The data we used to read and write using those ...

A direct access storage device that is written and read by light. The most common types are CD, DVD and Blu-ray. As removable ... superseded by USB-based flash drives and external hard drives.

While [Micah] want’s to use these Blu-ray drives for laser graffiti, there are a number of other slightly more useful reasons for the build. With a DVD drive, you can hold a red blood cell in ...

Sony’s three-sentence press release confirmed similar death dates for its blank MiniDisc, MD data, and MiniDV cassettes. The company also made it clear that you shouldn’t expect any “successor models” ...

Sony has announced it will end Blu-ray Disc media production in February, marking the end of its nearly two-decade run. Unfortunately, it will also mark the end of optical media storage for the ...

Researchers at the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology have come up with an optical storage device that has the same shape and size as a DVD or Blu-Ray disc — but can hold a ...