If you want to own your digital media now and into the future, then 4K UHD Blu-ray is arguably the best format available at ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. During recent prior year projections for digital storage and memory we have not talked much about digital storage using optical ...

Looking to start a physical media collection in 2026? These essential tech components will compliment your growing library of ...

PHYSICAL media still has legitimate uses. Government, medical and educational institutions continue to use discs for archival and offline distribution, especially where connectivity is weak. A ...

You consider yourself a power user. You’ve got lots of files, and damn it, you like to keep them backed up. Around a decade ago, you gave up on burning optical discs, and switched to storing your ...

Like with much of physical media, the onslaught against optical media is ongoing. In the latest hit against physical media fans, LG has discontinued its remaining Blu-ray players. However, this ...

In brief: As streaming and other forms of digital distribution become the default for media consumption, major manufacturers have exited the optical disc market in recent years. Recognizing that ...

These days our appetite for more data storage is larger than ever, with video files larger, photo resolutions higher, and project files easily zipping past a few hundred MB. At the same time our ...

So I'm experimenting with trying to depend less on streaming services. I got a Blu-ray USB drive. (It's can also burn Blu-ray, because I couldn't find a reputable play-only device.) Even though I did ...