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Halo: Reach PC Review

Halo Reach is a solid PC port and remains a decent shooter, although it has dated more than we expected.

December 6, 2019 | 21:00

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080 Super Gaming OC Review

Triple-fan cooler, mild overclock, basic RGB - worth it over Founders?

December 4, 2019 | 12:00

bit-tech Mod of the Year 2019 in Association with Corsair - Nominate your Favourite Mods!

Who do you think deserves the crown for 2019?

December 4, 2019 | 09:00

Microsoft adds DVD playback to Windows 10

Charges £11.59 for it, though.

August 6, 2015 | 11:42

It's time to bin your optical drive

February 8, 2013 | 09:37

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Sony to close Optiarc optical drive arm

Sony is to close Optiarc, following a drop in demand for optical drives.

August 28, 2012 | 09:07

Fujitsu recycles DVDs and CDs into laptops

Fujitsu has announced a recycling programme to turn optical discs into laptops.

August 17, 2012 | 10:15

Microsoft drops DVD support from Windows 8

Windows 8 will not include DVD playback, Microsoft has confirmed, unless users buy the Media Centre Pack.

May 4, 2012 | 10:39

Company makes stone-like optical discs that last forever

Millenniata and Hitachi-LG Data Storage to offer stone-like optical discs, which last forever

August 11, 2011 | 10:57

Sony VPL-HW15 Projector Review

Sony's new 1080p projector is enormous, but is the image quality any good?

May 2, 2010 | 12:07

How to Build a DVD Server

Andy decided that forking out tens of thousands for an expensive 'Kaleidoscape' server was simply crackers. So, like any good modder, he built one himself, for less. In this article, he guides us through how you can make your own: from hardware to software.

December 30, 2009 | 10:25

GE claims holographic data breakthrough

General Electric has announced that it is close to commercialising a microholographic storage medium which retains compatibility with CDs, DVDS, and BDs.

April 28, 2009 | 09:54

Upscale DVD movies to HD resolutions with your GPU

ArcSoft reveals a new plug-in that takes advantage of CUDA to upscale DVD movies to HD resolutions.

April 2, 2009 | 13:10

Games outsold DVD and Blu-ray last year

According to sales data from last year videogames managed to outsell the combined forces of DVD and Blu-ray last year.

January 27, 2009 | 13:00

Atari: Next gen will eschew physical media

Atari's Phil Harrison may be ex-Sony but he still thinks that discs and physical media are on the way out.

December 5, 2008 | 11:05

Court orders RealDVD halt

A court has ordered a temporary suspension in the distribution of RealNetworks' DVD ripping software RealDVD, pending a hearing on Tuesday.

October 6, 2008 | 09:04

RealNetworks launches DVD ripper

RealNetworks, best known for the RealMedia streaming video codec, has launched a $30 DVD ripping package it claims is fully legal - but comes with major DRM.

September 9, 2008 | 12:47

Pioneer BDC-SO2BK Blu-ray Drive

Blu ray drives on the cheap? Pioneer tells us "Hell Yea!" But is it cheap and cheerful or a genuine bargain, that's an excellent choice for all our home theatre enthusiasts? We found out.

June 30, 2008 | 13:29

Researchers create photonic jet storage

A team at Northwestern University in Illinois has published results of work into creating removable optical storage based around photonic jet technology with massive capacity.

June 4, 2008 | 10:06

Cyberlink PowerDVD 8 & Media Show 4

Cyberlink will release the latest versions of PowerDVD and Media Show next month. The two boast a bunch of new features and services that looked interesting when demonstrated to us. So much so that we decided to take a look at the latest beta to see how they're shaping up.

March 24, 2008 | 07:37

MS: No plans for Blu-ray on Xbox 360

Microsoft has ditched the HD DVD drive, so a Blu-ray replacement seems logical, right? Wrong!

March 14, 2008 | 12:21

Lionsgate DVDs to include portable video

Film studio Lionsgate Films has announced that it is to start including low-resolution duplicates of films on their DVD releases which can be transferred to iTunes and then to an iPod.

March 11, 2008 | 08:47