These days, a movie night usually involves cuddling up on the couch, turning on Netflix, and picking another rom-com movie from its list of never-ending shows. However, before the age of streaming ...

You might think that CD players and DVD players have had their run, but as it turns out, they are absolute goldmines for DIY projects. Pop one open and you'll find stepper motors, laser assemblies, ...

MacBooks are reliable in terms of software, it’s stable and fast and is secure to viruses due to the darwin based distribution it uses. However, the hardware side especially the CD/DVD has no ...

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Macs don't come with disc drives anymore. These are the best for listening to a CD or watching a DVD. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

It looks like writable optical disk media (CD, DVD, BD) just aren’t selling like they used to. This especially makes for sad news for writeable Blu-ray discs. For quite some time, Blu-ray has provided ...

The mid-2012 13 inch MacBook Pro will still work, but Apple will no longer service it. An Apple product is obsolete once it hasn't been distributed for sale for more than seven years. Good morning, ...

DVD copy protection is a broad term that covers various methods of copy protection for DVDs. These methods include DRM, CD/DVD-checks, Dummy Files, over-sizing and over-burning the DVDs, illegal table ...

Some people say that after they upgraded their computers to Windows 10, their CD drives simply disappeared. This issue could be caused by some software compilation, which is related to Windows 10, but ...

Abstract: DC-free run-length limited codes have been the cornerstone of all three generations of optical recording, CD, DVD and BD. Research into efficient coding methods is paramount for the upcoming ...