A CD-ROM drive can be used as a stand-alone unit for playing digital audio CDs without interfacing with a computer. The stereo output of CD player available at the audio jack can be amplified using ...

We continue to get email on< various problems burning CDs with Que! CD-RW drives (see yesterday's item). FireWire Two readers (Paul Conway and Paul Mirkovich) point to problems with Que! 8x4x32 ...

Here's a update: Got Windows Media Player 7.1 and CD Audio plays just fine in it (with digital audio enabled in options but multimedia properties Digital CD output is still disabled). If I open Winamp ...

These days, very few of us use optical media on the regular. If we do, it’s generally with a slot-loading console or car stereo, or an old-school tray-loader in a desktop or laptop. This has been the ...