Dear Lifehacker My laptop came with a Blu-ray drive, but I can't seem to play Blu-rays with it, and everyone says I need to buy extra expensive soft ...

The same principle works for installing software from a DVD disc on a computer without a drive, and for playing audio CDs – although ripping the music from the disc to the hard drive or a USB ...

OK, today my rant - copy protection mechanisms used on game CDs and DVDs which mean that you have to have the game in the CD/DVD drive in order to be able to play it.

High Horse Entertainment announced it will be bringing cross platform play to Disc Jam within the next week or so.

The newly designed Pioneer drive offers playback of BD-ROM discs allowing users to view Blu-ray Disc high definition programs directly on a properly configured computer. The Pioneer BDC-202 can play ...

The music video is the "Enhanced" part, but the way they structure the CD's makes them a royal PITA to play on a computer. IIRC, one way to get around it is to use a CD-ripping program like CDex ...

The Switch version of Disc Jam will feature cross-platform play with PC and local wireless multiplayer with up to three other Switch consoles, developer High Horse Entertainment announced.

Optical drives let your computer read and interact with discs like CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays. However, they're quickly becoming outdated.

Unfortunately, Blu-ray discs aren't supported by default in our favorite media center application, XBMC. Sure, you can rip Blu-rays, but that takes forever, and you want to watch it now. Here's ...

Take warning -- video evidence shows that installing the new Grand Theft Auto's 'Play' disc to the Xbox 360 can result in dodgy gameplay.