Get a DVD or Blu-ray Player . The first thing you need to do if you want to play back DVDs or Blu-rays is get a disk drive, since they're not included with most PCs anymore. You c ...

According to Sony, a “typical DVD disc has an estimated life expectancy of anywhere from 30 to 100 years when properly stored and handled.” Unfortunately though, DVDs still have some drawbacks — one ...

An optical disc (CD, DVD) or USB drive that contains a bootable program that takes control of the computer. Computers are typically configured to look for the OS on a CD or DVD first and then the ...

A direct access storage device that is written and read by light. The most common types are CD, DVD and Blu-ray. As removable media, optical discs superseded the earlier magnetic disk cartridges ...