Items tagged with 'Burner'
Samsung's SH-B083 Internal Optical Drive Reads Blu-ray, Burns CD/DVD
Blu-ray adoption may slowly be growing, but that's not stopping Samsung from trying to hasten the process. Today, the company introduced its first-ever internal Blu-ray Disc combo drive, with the ability to read BD-R and BD-ROM discs at 8x. It'll also read CDs at up to 40x and DVDs at up to 16x. With Samsung’s fast dual... Read More
Pioneer's New Blu-ray Burner Hits 12x Before BD-Rs Do
Looks like we've got ourselves quite the conundrum. Today, Pioneer has unleashed the planet's first-ever 12x Blu-ray Disc writer. Problem is, all writable Blu-ray media available on U.S. shelves is still at 6x. In other words, you can now buy a writer that'll toast media twice as fast as the media that's currently available.... Read More
Pioneer Shipping $250 8X BDR-2203 Blu-ray Writer
Just a few weeks back, Lite-On introduced its very own 8X Blu-ray Disc reader; today, Pioneer is one-upping that with its 8X Blu-ray Disc burner. The BDR-2203 picks up where the others have left off by adding in 8X BD writing (the fastest currently available for the format) as well as the traditional CD-R and DVD-R burning... Read More
OWC Intros 8x External Quad Interface BD Burner
If you're thinking that this one sounds familiar, it's because it is. Other World Computing just announced last October that it would be selling a quad interface external Blu-ray drive, and while its 4x BD-R burn speed was fine for most, those with time that's extraordinarily precious may long for something quicker. Now,... Read More
Lite-On Has A 20X DVD Burner.
Sony just started selling an 18X DVD Burner. But when you've got your ripper software workin', you don't have time to waste. Lite-On ups the ante with 20X Lite-On launched two 20x internal models: the LH-20A1P and the LH-20A1H, the latter equipped with LightScribe to burn disc labels. The ATAPI-connected... Read More
16x DVD Burner Comparison(Aopen, Gigabyte), ASUS K8N-E Deluxe, and more!
Hey folks, We've got some news for you to digest on your lunch break :) HTPC news has sent us an article regarding bugs with the GeForce 6xxx series cards and using them as a HTPC(Home Theater Personal Computer). Probably a good idea to check it out if your thinking of making a media center out of your system. Anyway, here... Read More
Dual-Layer DVD Burner Round-Up
Good evening loyal HotHardware fans! It's BW again, here to let you know that we've just posted a comprehensive Dual-Layer DVD Burner Round-Up - there's a link right at the top of the page. We've got drives from Sony, Plextor, BenQ, Lite-On, and Asus all represented. Click here to find out which drive was our favorite...... Read More
Dual-Layer DVD Burner Roundup
It used to be the case that the fastest optical drive was, by default, the best. Reducing CD burn times from 12 minutes to eight and then to six was considered significant evolutionary progress. But then a barrier was encountered, where the imperfect nature of mass-produced compact discs precluded, or at least made... Read More
MSI DR16-B Dual-Layer DVD Burner, Logitech Z-680 5.1
My head feels like a brick. My head feels like it got hit by a brick. In other words, being sick sucks. I need more sleep, so I'll keep this short... MSI DR16-B Dual-Layer DVD Burner Review @ PCSTATS "Conventional recordable DVD media stores data on a single 4.7GB plane (level) of the disc. On dual-layer DVD media,... Read More
[H] on Doom3, SM 3.0, an Asus Burner and More
Good Evening HotHardware Fans! How's everyone doing? I hope everybody is having a good week! Mine has been going fairly well, especially now that the abysmal weather that was hitting the Northeast is gone. Today was bright and sunny...and I sat my butt right in front of the computer! Ahhh -... Read More
Burners, Cell Phones and Processors Galore!
Hey folks, welcome back. We're winding down the work week and ringing in the weekend here at HH. It looks like we're not the only ones as the hardware reviewage is a little lite this morning. Don't fret, we have a lot on tap for you, so be patient, we've got a nice line-up coming your way soon: LiteOn... Read More
Dell XPS Review, a DVD burner and more NVIDIA SLI
Good evening folks! Thankfully, I have completely recovered from this weekend's festivities (my girl threw me an awesome surprise party for my birthday), and decided to stop in for a quick shot of news. Most of the action today was dominated by NVIDIA's SLI announcement and Intel's Nacona news, but there were... Read More
Corsair Pro Series, ASUS DVD Burner, Albatron K8K800 Pro II and More
Good morning friends, how is everyone doing? Things around the Canadian portion of the HH labs have been fairly mundane so far today. Between applying a few Ghost Images and taking a few pictures for a review, I think the coffee machine has been doing the brunt of the work ;) Nonetheless, let's take a... Read More
Asus' 8x Dual Format DVD Burner - The DRW-0804P
We've taken a look at quite a few dual format DVD burners over the last few months, and found some to be better than others for various reasons. Most, if not all, of the drives we've reviewed shined in one area, but were lacking in another. Whether it be slower CD-R burning speeds, lack of options, or slow access... Read More
Computex Coverage, DVD Burners and the Athlon 64
Good morning gang. There is some good happening going on with some news out of Computex and DVD and Athlon64 lovin. So without further delay, here is your morning news: The Guys at Hardwarezoom.com got the chance to tour the ABIT manufacturing facility in Taiwan: "Wonder how Abit did their motherboard testing?... Read More
Outside Loop Afterburner!
One Hot Athlon Overclocking Card From Outside Loop Computers As the old saying goes, "where there is a will, there is a way". When AMD's Athlon first hit the market many were disappointed with the lack of user configuration options for the first round of Athlon Motherboards. Still today,... Read More
Outside Loop Afterburner
One Hot Athlon Overclocking Card From Outside Loop Computers We'll let the pictures say it all... We dialed the Athlon straight up to 800MHz. with the Afterburner from Outside Loop. This particular CPU we had, held stable throughout our tests for hours on end at this frequency. Will you be... Read More
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