Top 20 Most Popular Optical Drives on Amazon.com

Optical Drives Optical drives retrieve and/or store data on optical discs like CDs, DVDs, and BDs (Blu-ray discs) which hold much more information than classic portable media options like the floppy disk.

Important Optical Disc Drive Facts:
Most optical drives can play and/or record onto a large number of different disc formats. Popular formats include CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-R DL, DVD+R DL, BD-R, and BD-RE. Reference your optical drive’s manual before purchasing media for your drive to avoid incompatibility issues.

Popular Optical Disc Drive Manufacturers:
Lite-On IT
, Memorex, NEC

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