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Blu-ray discs have more storage than DVDs, so they can hold higher-quality movies Blu-ray is one of two high-definition disc ...

The Sony UBP-X700 is an effective 4K Blu-ray player that's packed with a good number of features for an affordable price. Its picture presentation is excellent across most disc formats, particularly ...

Laser diodes are a staple of many gadgets around us, including CD and DVD players and computer drives, laser pointers ... these lasers typically only produce optical power in the milliwatt range.

The Sony PlayStation 3 game console was so eagerly awaited that people literally fought in lines for it at its release and ...

Optical disc drives are less critical for consumer ... or to read the occasional recordable CD or DVD sent by a supplier or customer, or that contains important records or files from years back.

IsoBuster is a highly specialized, easy-to-use optical media data recovery tool ... log in to CDCheck online and request the free license. This CD DVD Data Recovery Software scans disks in ...

However, scientists think they may have found a way to bring optical disc storage roaring back – with a massive upgrade that massively increases data density. Researchers at the University of ...

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The ultra-high-density optical memory device would consist of numerous memory cells, each containing rare earth elements embedded within a solid material — in this case, magnesium oxide (MgO) crystals ...