Although it is No. 1 in sales of add-on CD-rewritable drives, Hewlett-Packard is exiting that market so it can better concentrate on the emerging, and potentially more profitable, demand for ...

Do you still need a disc drive for your laptop in 2026? New ones are increasingly difficult to find, but these popular older ...

I was checking this out at Staples last week: HP LightScribe CD drives "use the same laser that burns data onto one side of a disc to then etch a label onto the other side of the disc. The company is ...

Optical drives are still practical for many users, whether to play old CDs and DVDs, install software, or create backups—especially with modern laptops, which are usually supplied without a drive.

Optical drives no longer come pre-installed in most PCs and laptops, yet they’re still indispensable for many users. Whether for playing old DVDs, installing ancient software from CDs, or burning data ...