Step aside, flash storage: here's why I swear by DVD-R and DVD-RW discs for all my data archival needs in 2026 (yes, really).

It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose.

An opened jumbo pack of "Sony DVD-R 16x" with no other information. 90+ disks on the spindle. A sealed 50-pack of Memorex CD-R, made in China, packaging has copyright dates of 2006. A sealed 25-pack ...

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While CDs were still fighting for market share against cassettes, and gaming consoles were just starting to switch over to CD from cartridge storage, optical media companies were already thinking ...

Philippines' CD-R King, a famous tech retail company that offered almost all kinds of gadgets, seemingly left the public eye during the height of the 2020 COVID pandemic. Still, sources have found one ...

90s Kids will remember CD-R King as the go-to place for buying recordable media like CD-Rs for cheap. CD-R King evolved further in the 2000s and early 2010s in offering a variety of products that ...

Sony plans to eventually stop producing consumer-grade recordable Blu-ray discs, but commercial products such as game and film Blu-rays will still be produced. Sony Group will lay off 250 employees at ...

Region coding is a common issue faced by people who love to watch films from around the world. Every DVD or Blu-ray disc has a region code, which means that it can only be played in a player that is ...

DVDs have been the most popular mode of data storage since their introduction in 1995. They are easy to use, portable, and can hold a large amount of data. However, there are different types of DVDs ...

I have a MacBook Pro and I have an external SuperDrive. I'm trying to get some data off of old DVD-Rs that I burned in college almost 2 decades ago. Well, they've deteriorated a bit. The data in the ...