September 20, 2006 - 01:41 AM
With the prices of DVD-burners dropping almost continuously it’s becoming increasingly difficult for manufacturers to realise a profit on their sales. This has forced various large manufacturers of Optical Drives to combine their resources and to work together. For example: Samsung and Toshiba have joint ownership of a production plant for optical drives, LG and...
August 24, 2006 - 03:23 AM
Some time ago we recieved the first Blu-Ray DVD writer from BenQ, the BW1000. LG has recently sent us their Blu-Ray writer, the LG GBW-H10N. Having the two in our test lab was to good an opportunity to not put these two through a head to head test.
April 23, 2013 - 03:39 AM
SilverStone, a manufacturer known for its chassis has launched its first optical drive in the form of a slimline Blu-ray writer. The manufacturer already mentioned the device at last month's CeBIT conference. It's not often that a new manufacturer joins this market segment, but for SilverStone it's not that far of a stretch, given that the manufacturer produces plenty...
March 25, 2013 - 05:26 AM
Yesterday ASUS posted a mystery product on its Google+ page, which later turned out to be a new slim-line DVD-writer. ASUS claims the new optical drive is the world's thinnest. The device is called Ultra-Slim SDRW-08U5S-U, is 13 mm thick and can be positioned both flat and standing. The design matches that of ASUS' Zenbook devices. Thanks to the Disc Encryption II tec...
