Optical drives let your computer read and interact with discs like CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays. However, they're quickly becoming ...

Windows 10 reaching end-of-life has apparently breathed new life into optical disc drives, which have seen a sudden rise in ...

I haven't purchased an optical disc drive (ODD) for my PC since...actually, I don't even recall the last time I bought one. It's even been a minute since I owned a PC with a 5.25-inch drive bay to ...

I’m just going to come right out and say it: I want the https://www.pcworld.com/products/storage/optical_drives.html to die. I don’t just mean on laptops, either ...

Optical drives, that can read and write CDs, DVDs, and sometimes Blu-ray discs, have been an important part of the PC universe for a long time. But there’s less and less need for them. I haven’t ...

It is perhaps the least glamorous part of the desktop system – the optical drive. In recent times the growing trend among PC enthusiasts has been to scrap it altogether, since games can be downloaded, ...

Just in time for the end of Windows 10 mainstream support, Akihabara stores are quickly running out of optical PC drives.

Sony is getting out the optical disk business as it tries to restructure and shift to businesses that are more relevant to current device trends. Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, ...

After Microsoft officially ended Windows 10 support, Japan saw something few expected — Blu-ray and DVD drives are suddenly ...

This week's Ask Engadget HD question touches on a subject that's rarely covered in the mainstream flow of Blu-ray news, but matters much to those with HTPCs or big-screen monitors attached to their ...