Optical Drives

An optical drive is a device that allows you to read and write onto an optical medium. Mostly CD's or DVD's.

Current Optical Storage

• CD-ROM (Compact Disc)
• DVD-ROM (Digital Versatile Disc)

Next Generation Storage

• HD-DVD (High Definition DVD)<phased out>
• BD-ROM (Blu-ray)

Optical Storage Still in Development

• HVD (Holographic Versatile Disc) - Predicted next generation after HD-DVD/BD-ROM (can hold upto 3.9TB).

Optical Drive Manufacturers

• Aopen
• ASUS
• BenQ
• HP
• LG
• Lite-On
• MSI
• NEC
• Pioneer
• Samsung
• Sony
• Teac