It's been a long time since I've followed pc parts. And now that I'm building a new computer I regret it. It's time to buy the DVD-ROM drive and I dunno what to get. I hear sony's are good but I don't ...

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 ...

I'm sick and tired of loudy, whiny optical drives! I need something quieter than the Sony 16x (rebadge Lite-On, I believe) that I have in my system now. On short bursts, it whines terribly.<BR><BR>I ...

Most optical drives today are combo CD/DVD drives that support all the DVD and CD formats. The speeds of the drives are rated by their DVD-ROM and CD-ROM transfer rates. The original DVD drive (1x) ...

CHIBA, Japan--When Apple Computer announced new iMacs at last week's Macworld Expo/Tokyo, one feature was conspicuously absent: a DVD-ROM drive. In place of the DVD-ROM devices available in earlier ...

It’s been a few months since I last devoted a Hassle-Free to reader questions, and I apologize for being remiss. So this week I help Deborah out with a mysterious DVD drive problem and tell Jim how to ...