Optical drives are made to play discs like CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays. MileA/Getty Images Optical drives let your computer read and interact with discs like CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays. While nearly every ...

In a time when CDs and DVDs are becoming obsolete, the external optical drives are the perfect solution for those with a large collection of CDs and DVD but a new laptop that doesn't have a DVD drive.

While many people have tried to cut down on owning physical media, there are many who prefer physical media over streaming platforms like Netflix and Spotify.

At first blush, the idea of the Isostick might not seem that amazing. In simplest terms, it’s a USB flash drive that your computer detects as an optical drive. But who needs something like that?

The sleek, compact USB SuperDrive. Whether you’re at the office or on the road, you can play and burn both CDs and DVDs with the Apple USB SuperDrive. It’s perfect when you want to watch a DVD movie, ...

Not entirely certain this is the appropriate forum, but I'm looking for a good/reasonable quality enclosure to repurpose one of the optical drives (CD/DVD RW) I saved from previous laptops. A quick ...

If you have a computer with a USB 3.0 port and need a Blu-ray drive without having to crack open the case to install one Buffalo has a new product for you. The new product is the Buffalo USB 3.0 ...

Samsung announced a new optical disk drive that it's marketing for ultrabooks and tablets. While we aren't sure how many tablet users will actually carry a separate optical disk drive, Samsung's ...

Plextor Announces New Lineup of Optical Drives with PlexUTILITIES Advanced Application & Diagnostic Software Plextor, a leading developer and manufacturer of high-performance digital media equipment, ...

So I just hooked up my optical drive for the first time since moving to Windows 10. It's probably been about 18 months since I last used it, and I purchased it back in 2009. I ripped a new music CD I ...