Velocity Micro is a combination 500GB hard drive, DVD-ROM, memory card reader, and 3-port USB hub. We got our hands on it at CES and were impressed with the soft-touch finish and solid build quality.

IGN DVD Best of 2004 Awards This is my second year picking the best DVD categories for the year, and the first one where I've spent a full year on the job. This makes the job a little easier, as I ...

Compaq has said that both my CD and DVD drives are corrupt. The drivers on my unit are dvd-rom-dd-8000 and lg cd rw ced-8120b. I can play a CD with the "e" drive.

For example, the DVD-ROM mechanism can be a little recalcitrant in operation – taking its own sweet time to read discs and perform apparently mundane tasks such as ‘open’. It also lives up to the ...