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Optical Storage Articles & reviews
  • Are Cheap DVD Burners Worth the Trouble? Thursday 5 April 2007 – 05:32 – Optical Storage

    There are noticeable differences in performance between various low-end DVD burners. Our tests of five devices from LG, Pioneer, Samsung and Sony ... read more

  • Extreme CompactFlash: A Digital Photographer's Best Friend? Wednesday 25 October 2006 – 09:02 – Optical Storage

    The Extreme IV series from SanDisk offers some serious speed. Could it establish itself as a valuable tool for the trigger-happy shutter-bug?read more

  • LightScribe: Professional Labels in Your DVD Recorder! Friday 1 July 2005 – 07:00 – Optical Storage

    With little left to differentiate DVD recorders, manufacturers are looking for new ways of staying ahead of their competitors. One such novelty ... read more

  • 10 DVD Burners: 16x and Dual-Layer - or Nothing! Tuesday 2 November 2004 – 06:00 – Optical Storage

    Nearly all manufacturers have come out this year with a DVD burner rated at 16x writing speed, and we tested 10 of them. We found that ... read more

  • Double-Layer DVD: Philips, LaCie, Asus and LG Friday 27 August 2004 – 07:00 – Optical Storage

    The trademarks of new generation DVD burners are a 16x write speed for DVD+R and 8.5 GB of data storage capacity. We compare two 8X devices from ... read more

  • Pioneer's DVR-A08XLA Jumps to 4x Dual Layer Speeds Wednesday 18 August 2004 – 07:00 – Optical Storage

    The arrival of a new generation of DVD burners from Pioneer usually heralds new upgrades across the feature spectrum, and the vendor's DVR-A08XLA ... read more

  • MSI's DVD Drive Gets The SATA Connection Friday 9 July 2004 – 07:00 – Optical Storage

    MSI has gone where no other drive maker has gone before with its launch of the first DVD/CD-RW combo drive with an SATA interface. THG takes a ... read more

  • Double-Layer DVD: Lite-On, LG and BenQ Wednesday 7 July 2004 – 07:00 – Optical Storage

    Double-layer technology, which makes it possible to store 8.5 GB of data or four hours of DVD quality video (MPEG-2) on a DVD, is finally here. ... read more

  • Double-Layer DVD: Sony DRU-700A Friday 7 May 2004 – 07:00 – Optical Storage

    Sony has unveiled what many have been screaming out for: a DVD player with double-layer technology for DVD backup and storage with an 8.5 GB capacity.read more

  • Good things come in small packages: Waitec Action 8/ LiteOn 851S Thursday 6 May 2004 – 07:00 – Optical Storage

    More and more 8x DVD burners are coming onto the market. The Action 8 from Waitec (identical to LiteOn 851S in North America) must be the most ... read more

  • Magneto-Optical Storage: Fujitsu DynaMO 1300 Pocket Friday 16 April 2004 – 07:00 – Optical Storage

    Fujitsu claims that hard drives, writeable DVDs and tape drives fall far short for viable and safe backups. So what is the alternative? The ... read more

  • The Taiwan Connection: 4 DVD Burners From Asus, Gigabyte and MSI Monday 26 January 2004 – 06:00 – Optical Storage

    The Japanese aren't the only manufacturers of optical drives. Having cut their teeth on motherboards and graphics cards, the Taiwanese are now ... read more

  • Plextor PX-708A DVD±R/±RW Recorder Goes 8X Friday 21 November 2003 – 06:00 – Optical Storage

    The race for Xs is still on and Plextor has gone into the lead with the PX-708A, what Plextor claims is the first commercialized 8X DVD recorder. ... read more

  • Red-Hot Stuff: 11 DVD Burners Reviewed Monday 27 October 2003 – 06:00 – Optical Storage

    What do you want to know about the performance of this holiday season's crop of DVD burners? What don't you want to know? We tested and compared ... read more

  • MO Storage Means Mo Safety Friday 17 October 2003 – 07:00 – Optical Storage

    Hard drives, CDs or DVDs do not offer enough protection against losing sensitive data. One nick or scratch, and the workstation backup you need ... read more

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