The most recent Optical Drives (CD/DVD Drive) articles from What PC?

Iomega Predator 24x

Cliff Joseph — 2002-05-08T12:08:32.000Z

Cliff Joseph, What PC?, Wednesday 8 May 2002 at 12:08:32

A fast drive with USB.

Iomega was a bit slow in adding USB to its products when the interface was first developed, but it seems to be making a special effort to keep up with...

Iomega 16x10x40x External CD-RW

Cliff Joseph — 2002-04-04T16:21:22.000Z

Cliff Joseph, What PC?, Thursday 4 April 2002 at 16:21:22

A very nippy drive with a bundled USB 2 card.

We're finally starting to see a few USB 2 peripherals reaching the shops, and one of the first is this new CD-RW drive from Iomega.USB 2 provides much faster data-transfer...

Philips DVDRW208

Riyad Emeran — 2002-03-11T15:20:34.000Z

Riyad Emeran, What PC?, Monday 11 March 2002 at 15:20:34

An excellent first generation DVD+RW drive from Philips.

DVD-RAM recording has been making recordable DVD possible for years, but DVD-RAM discs cannot be read by normal PC DVD-ROM drives or by set-top movie players....

Philips Expanium MP3 CD Player

Nigel Donnelly, What PC? — 2001-10-30T11:01:35.000Z

Nigel Donnelly, What PC?, What PC?, Tuesday 30 October 2001 at 11:01:35

At last - a portable CD player that can decode MP3 as well as standard CDs.

Solid-state memory cards such as SmartMedia and CompactFlash are the storage solution of choice for most MP3-player manufacturers. But have you ever questioned why? After all, they're extremely expensive for...

Iomega Predator

Steve Mason — 2001-06-28T23:00:00.000Z

Steve Mason, What PC?, Thursday 28 June 2001 at 23:00:00

A good external CD writer, if a little expensive.

Connecting via USB, installation of the Predator is quick and easy with Windows automatically detecting the device and prompting you for the necessary drivers, which can be found on the...

Ricoh MP9120ADP

Ben Lewis — 2001-03-09T24:00:00.000Z

Ben Lewis, What PC?, Friday 9 March 2001 at 00:00:00

A combined CD rewriter and DVD-ROM drive that includes technology to prevent failures during writing that would waste a CD-R.

CD rewriter drives are nothing new; but just how fast can these things get. Moreover, just how fast do they need to get? Ricoh has released a combination drive which...

MicroSolutions Backpack USB CD-RW

Andy Gordon — 2000-10-08T23:00:00.000Z

Andy Gordon, What PC?, Sunday 8 October 2000 at 23:00:00

This USB version of an established external CD-RW drive could prove useful for desktop set-ups or those who are more mobile.

MicroSolutions has been producing external CD drives for a while now, be they slimline CDRom drives for notebook users or CD-RW drives for anyone wanting to press their own discs...