There’s a whole lot of interesting mechanics, optics, and electronics inside a Blu-ray drive, and [scanlime] a.k.a. [Micah Scott] thinks those bits can be reused for some interesting project.

Western Digital says that the helium "remains contained within the drive throughout its operational lifespan", which is usually between 5 and 10 years, about the same as Blu-ray. A single 18TB LTO ...

It’s a 3D scanner built in a very hacker fashion. The X-Y stage that moves the sample is from a KES-400a Blu-Ray drive, salvged from the original “fat” Playstation 3. The Z axis is then ...

Aluminum housed desktop optical drive with USB 3.0 and M-DISC support ... Windows XP and later Includes: 16X External Blu-ray Burner; 0.6 meter (24") USB 3.0 Cable; External power cable; User ...

That's a careful distinction; Dynabook T9/Y model includes a Blu-ray Disc drive, while the other models come with a DVD Super Multi-Drive. The T9/Y and T7/Y models are powered by the Intel Core i7 ...

Independent movie studio Lionsgate is driving sales of its new DVD and Blu-ray releases by offering rewards to consumers who scan their products in retail stores. The entertainment studio ...

Drive type Internal 16X Blu-ray Disc Rewriter, M-DISC Support. Access time : BD-ROM is 180 ms typ Interface: SATA (SATA 1.1a), Buffer Memory: 4 MB Operating System - Windows XP, Windows Vista ...