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 ...

So, I don't have a TV and watch movies on my PC. I realize I'm sitting like 24" from the screen (and wearing reading glasses), and it looks pretty good to me.<BR><BR>I'm just a little confused about ...

Dan over on UNEASYsilence has come up with a interesting way to get a cheap HD-DVD drive for a PC - by using the HD-DVD drive designed for an Xbox 360! So, how hard is it to hack the HD-DVD drive to ...

NEC was busy showcasing PC-based high-definition DVD players and recorders at CeBIT. NEC presented the HR-1100 multireader 3-in-1 drive that can play HD DVDs as well as normal DVDs and CDs. The drive ...

Revolutionary Technology Results in Five-fold Increase of Storage Capacity LONG BEACH, CA — (December 27, 2005) — Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. today announced one of the industry’s first Blu-ray ...

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 ...

Do you know you can easily burn DVDs using your Windows PC? It hardly takes any time to burn a DVD using your PC, let’s see how. Remember that you can burn a CD or a DVD only if your laptop or desktop ...