Budget PC buyers could land a once-luxury DVD burner as computer makers use lower prices to chase sales ahead of the holiday season. Recordable DVD drives earlier this year were sold as a high-end ...

If you’re a part of the generation that has witnessed the digital transformation and seen tech evolve into its current state, you’re probably familiar with CDs and DVDs. Or perhaps you’re even holding ...

I am the owner of a Celeron 600 with 256Mb RAM and 80GB hard disk. Also my graphics card is Diamond Viper V770, 128 bit, AGP,32MB SDR. Before I buy my DVD-RW I was hearing different kind of stories ...

Elinor Mills covers Internet security and privacy. She joined CNET News in 2005 after working as a foreign correspondent for Reuters in Portugal and writing for The Industry Standard, the IDG News ...

Music, movies, and books have gone from physical objects to digital files over the past 10 years, and computer designs have changed with the times. A lot of computers — laptops, all-in-ones, and ...

Optical drives let your computer read and interact with discs like CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays. While nearly every computer had them a few years ago, they're rare to see on new computers now. If you need ...

I've got a pretty extensive DVD collection at home, and I would love to be able to watch DVDs on my computer. The problem is, my main computer I want use to watch movies on does not have a DVD player.