Been pondering snagging one of these to enable ripping some BR disks for mobile viewing, but the price is still pretty off-putting from a simple cost standpoint; approximately 5x the price of a ...

From what I've noticed, most games to be installed can be downloaded off the internet without physical media, let alone the need for any optical drive. At worst, you may want a DVD drive (and dollars ...

To help along the proliferation of Blu-ray versus the dreaded competition of HD-DVD, Pioneer has unveiled a Blu-ray DVD disc drive for the PC. Aimed mainly at professionals—specifically high-end ...

Sony's first-generation Blu-ray computer drive, the BWU-100A, is compatible with more disc formats than any other optical drive now on the market. The BWU-100A can burn single- and double-layer ...

Sony will close its once-proud optical PC drive subsidiary by early next year, as part of its efforts to refocus on the connected world of smartphones, tablets and netbooks, a spokesman said Tuesday.

Japanese users won’t have to worry about a noisy cooling fan disturbing them while they watch high-definition movies on NEC’s newest computer — the PC, equipped with a Blu-ray drive, uses ...