That kind of speed is technically achievable with 48x or 52x CD drives – exactly the sort of performance metrics PC enthusiasts coveted in the early 2000s. However, the MythBusters team couldn't ...

Most optical drives today are combo CD/DVD drives that support DVDs and all the CD formats: CD audio, CD-ROM, CD-R and CD-RW. The speeds of the drives are rated by their CD-ROM and DVD transfer rates.

However, it was a bit of a different story for the interface that hooks up the CD drive to your computer, as [Tech Tangents] found out when he managed to get his hands on a first-generation CM100 ...