Tag: Drive
Sarotech offers book-like styling for the WIZPLAT W-31 external drive
Remember the book-like looks of the Western Digital My Book? Well, Korean-based firm Sarotech has taken the disguised drive a step further with the WIZPLAT W-31…
No shortage of connectivity with the Buffalo DriveStation Combo4
No half measures from Buffalo – connectivity on the DriveStation Combo4 includes eSATA, FireWire and USB 2.0…
LaCie offers style and substance with the improved Neil Poulton-designed Hard Disk
There’s no denying that the LaCie Hard Disk is one of the more stylish hard drives on the market – but now it backs it up with even more functionality…
LG announces BE06LU10 external Blu-ray rewriter and HD DVD-ROM drive
LG’s mobile phone department may be going from strength to strength, but with their recent announcement that they won’t be giving up on the HD DVD format, the situation on that side of the company will be going through some tough times in the coming months.
The Korean giant is putting its money where its mouth is, with the release of the BE06LU10, an external Blu-ray rewriter and HD DVD-ROM. With read speeds of 6x for both HD DVD and Blu-ray, it also…
USBee – the bendable flash drive
According to designer Damjan Stankovic, there’s a serious flaw with the majority of flash drives on the market – they stick out of your PC/laptop. Which means there’s a good chance of catching one and doing it, the computer or yourself some damage. Which is why he produced the USBee…
Put that dusty Apple floppy drive to use, make an amplifier mod outta it
Some bloke over at Hacked Gadgets has taken his hand out of his underpants, and put it to good use – making an amplifier out of an Apple floppy drive.
It shouldn’t come to too much expense, and you’ll be able to pick up a 5.25 floppy drive fairly easily from eBay or even your shed if you save relics from your IT past. Finally – a suitable way to…
Shiny Video Review: external DVD drive from Brando, for the Eee PC
I recently wrote about the external DVD drive from Brando, which claims to work on the Eee PC, but at the same time only on Windows Vista, XP and 2000. Strange, I thought. So, I got one in from Hong Kong and put it to the test, which you can see above…
Laptop specialist Rock grudgingly offers Blu-ray support
Hardcore power-laptop maker Rock has decided to dump its HD DVD-exclusive stance and let buyers stick Blu-ray drives in its range of gaming laptop beasts should they so desire.
Rock’s CEO Nick Boardman said “We’re disappointed that HD-DVD didn’t make it and we value the support Toshiba has given us. Although Blu-ray has technical advantages…
Watch Blu-ray films on your PC with the Philips PLDS DX-401S optical drive
A new Blu-ray optical drive has been announced from Philips and Lite-On Digital Solutions, the excitingly-named DX-401S.
Launching in April, the read-only disc drive can read all DVD+/-R(W), CD-R(W) and Blu-ray discs, with single layer speeds…
Buffalo launches 500GB MiniStation TurboUSB drive
The storage in your pocket just got bigger, with Buffalo launching its latest MiniStation TurboUSB drive, now packing 500GB of storage.
