While Corsair's EX400U is on the slow side for a USB4 SSD, it’s also less expensive. It’s faster and more compatible across ...

Dynabook and NEC revive optical drives in modern laptops, blending nostalgia with high-performance processors, high-res ...

DVDs are fine and all, and easy on storage, but Blu-rays can really elevate your Plex server. Just like with DVDs, Blu-rays ...

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The good news is that with a recent Xbox update from January 21, 2025, the Xbox Series X/S now supports external drives over 16GB in size. You can find this through a normal Xbox console update in ...

BD-R was also briefly popular as a data archiving format but as HDD and SSD drive capacities have increased and prices have plummeted, BD-R lost its appeal for data storage. Sony BDZ-FTB4200 Blu-ray ...

Blu-ray discs have been part of the digital media landscape for almost 20 years, but fewer and fewer people have optical drives to use them. As such, Sony doesn't see the need to keep pumping out ...

There was a time when Blu-ray discs reigned supreme, but the era of physical media now firmly exists in the shadow of digital streaming services like Netflix, Disney+, and Amazon Prime.

The TS-233 packs some nice features into its stylish white enclosure, including two hot-swappable drive bays, a quad-core CPU, and a pair of USB ports for connecting external drives. Installation ...

It's 2025 and after almost 20 years, Sony has announced it is ending Blu-ray media ... Adding an external enclosure bumps the price to just over $5,000. We reviewed an LTO-9 drive from OWC back ...

After 18 years, Sony is shutting down its Blu-ray production in February ... This shift is largely due to the rise of cloud storage, external hard drives, and the convenience of streaming ...

Fans of physical media—myself included—tend to be a morbid bunch, dwelling on the rise of streaming while bemoaning the steady decline of Blu-ray, the home-media format of choice for cinephiles.