Optical drives are still practical for many users, whether to play old CDs and DVDs, install software, or create ...

It's easy to make boot disks on old Macs for older hardware, but as the years have gone on, it's gotten a little more difficult. Here's how to make classic Mac OS 9 and early Mac OS X boot media on ...

Refurbishing the last of the plastic body Mac minis is pretty easy — once you know a few tricks. Here's how to get that 15-year old computer up and running again, and faster to boot. We've covered how ...

Though we’d like to see a richer app environment, we can’t argue with this Ultra HD Blu-Ray player’s support for all types of optical media, its quick operation, 4K upscaling, and ability to stream ...

With the ThinkPad X300 (about $3,000 street), Lenovo is out to prove that the Apple MacBook Air is not the only laptop that can fit snugly into a manila envelope. Granted, it's a tough act to follow ...

Simple to use; burns double-layer DVD+R discs; includes three video-capture quality modes; offers synchronized recording feature; creates DVD titles and chapters; hardware-based MPEG-2 encoding. Lacks ...

More expensive than a MiniDV camera with similar features; no ability to shoot uncompressed video; media is pricier than MiniDV tapes. Bottom line: Working with Hitachi’s entry-level DVD-R/RAM ...