The project illustrates a DVD burner turned into a high-powered laser with a visible red at about 650nm and a peak output measured at 225mW. The device can be used to light up matches, pop balloons, ...

BenQ demonstrated its BW1000 prototype blue-laser DVD burner at the recently concluded Computex 2005 and the company plans to start volume producing the product in the first or second quarter of 2006, ...

If you’ve played around with laser diodes that you’ve scavenged from old equipment, you know that it can be a hit-or-miss proposition. (And if you haven’t, what are you waiting for?) Besides the real ...

[Jens] decided he wanted to try building his own laser cutter to see just how much you can actually cut with a fairly low power 300mW laser diode. He was inspired by a similar project from earlier ...

LaCie Portable DVD±RW with LightScribe, Design by Sam Hecht Optical storage consists of a drive that uses a laser to read and write (or burn) data onto optical discs; CDs and DVDs are the most common.

•16x DVD+R writing / 4x DVD+RW rewriting / 16x DVD+R reading •16x DVD-R writing / 4x DVD-RW rewriting / 16x DVD-R reading •40x CD-R writing / 24x CD-RW rewriting / 40x CD-ROM reading •Supports DVD+R ...

Samsung Electronics Ltd., the worldwide digital consumer electronics and information technology leader, announces the world’s fastest DVD burner, the Super-WriteMaster™ SH-S203. The SH-S203 is a 20X ...

I'm trying to build a budget HTPC (combination old and new parts) for my regular SDTV. The plan is to use it as a PVR and a decent DVD/Video player. <BR><BR>So my original plan was to have a single ...

World’s First Dedicated HD DVD Write Drive for the Desktop Supports Read and Write to All Main Optical Discs Toshiba brought the wide ranging capabilities of HD DVD to the desktop PC with the ...

COMMENTARY--If you've been in the market for a DVD burner, you've no doubt encountered a hodgepodge of standards: DVD-R, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, and DVD+RW. And while one isn't necessarily better than the ...