2025 was actually a banner year for handheld gaming consoles. Sure, the Switch 2 grabbed most of the headlines (and the sales ...

Single compact disc on orange background. Dan Levine loves watching his guests light up when they see his DVD-lined bookcases and drawers in his Brooklyn apartment. It’s as if they’ve traveled back in ...

Dan Levine loves watching his guests light up when they see his DVD-lined bookcases and drawers in his Brooklyn apartment. It’s as if they’ve traveled back in time to 2006, he said. “It is a really ...

Chris DeLine, owner of Razzle Dazzle Music & Movies, stocks shelves with DVD and BluRay disks as he gets the store ready for a Dec. 1 opening at Lindale Mall in northeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on ...

FiiO's latest portable CD player is a real step on from its predecessor. Because the DM15 R2R not only has way more features, it has a cool transparent look too, so you can see the compact disc ...

What’s happened? PlayStation 5 was never meant to be a regular CD player. Sony intentionally disabled CD support on both the PS4 and PS5, so inserting a standard CD into the console simply doesn’t ...

If you used or owned a laptop in the 2000s, you'd probably remember that it sported either a DVD or Blu-Ray drive for popping in installation discs, movies, and even the occasional album from your ...

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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.

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