Third-party external DVD drives can be had for as little as $20, and external Blu-ray drives start around $50, making the $79 DVD-only SuperDrive an iffy financial proposition.

A new external DVD burner from Plextor. The PX-504UF can connect to a PC using either FireWire or USB 2.0 (a nice option to have), and burns DVDs in the DVD+R/RW format.

A friend of mine is looking for an external FireWire DVD writer to use with his G4 PowerBook. He tried a QPS writer from Circuit City, but he wasn't real happy with it, so he returned it.<BR><BR ...

Enter the external DVD burner. Whether you need to burn DVDs on the go, or just want to enjoy a Blu-ray movie now and then, there are plenty of options to choose from.

ASUS LITE Slim DVD Burner ASUS’ Lite Slim DVD Burner is an ultra-portable external DVD drive that’s the perfect choice for most people. The drive can read DVDs at speeds of up to 8X, and burn ...

Read. UPDATE: Looks like this might actually be the second all-format external DVD burner. A reader writes in to point out that the Sony DRX500-UL came out just a couple of months ago.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Samsung has announced the latest in its TruDirect external DVD writer range, the SE-T084M. Featuring 8X DVD+R and DVD-R writing, 6X DVD+R ...

Thanks to the slow-poke way standards for DVD drives were adopted and some still-evident confusion, most home computers still don’t include a credible, easy-to-use DVD burner.Sony, cognizant of ...

Maybe you didn’t get a DVD recorder, or “burner,” when you bought your computer. Or maybe you’d just like an upgrade to a spiffy new dual-layer DVD burner, the kind that can… ...

Enter the external DVD burner. Whether you need to burn DVDs on the go, or just want to enjoy a Blu-ray movie now and then, there are plenty of options to choose from.