Tag archive: CD

Disc burners can only get so small, but Pioneer thinks it has hit the threshold. The company has unveiled the BDR-XD04, the “world's smallest and lightest portable burner supporting BDXL currently available.” It measures only 5.2 inches by 5.2 inches, is only half an inch thick and weighs about half a pound. If you record at slower speeds, the unit can also be entirely powered by USB.It can read and write to all BDXL formats… Read More

Quora’s doing what it does best: Offering up thorough answers from insiders themselves. Today we noticed that former Borders director of merchandise planning and analysis, Mark Evans, had wandered by the site and graced us with an essay-length answer to a very important question: “Why is Barnes & Nobles performing well as a business while Borders has filed bankruptcy?” Borders, once the Starbucks of bookstores, filed for Chapter 11… Read More

Tiny cars don't have to have tinny sound. Not all of them, anyway. The 2012 Ford Focus will be the first small car from the manufacturer to feature a custom-designed, 355-watt sound system from Sony. In a company press release, Ford described the eight-inch screen’s user interface as comparable to Sony home audio systems, and it will work with Ford Sync and MyFord Touch technology. Voice command and steering wheel controls are built in, as… Read More

Is there anything more frustrating than rocking out to music and having the CD begin to skip? Or how about when you’re at the climax of a movie and all the sudden the DVD player stalls and you miss the most important scene after investing sometimes hours into the story. Well here are a few steps you can take to restore your CDs or DVDs to playable condition and avoid those profanity ridden outbursts directed at your media players.

Books, CDs, DVDs and video games are already some of the cheapest forms of entertainment around, but we’ve found three services that render them even more affordable – specifically, by making them yours at no cost whatsoever. OK, there is a catch, but it’s a very small one: You’ll incur shipping fees, but this never amounts to more than a few dollars per item. And most of the services operate on a trading model, which means you’ll need to give… Read More