With Samsung’s Blu Ray players often featuring Internet connectivity ... Let’s hope a device firmware update (DFU) from a USB thumb drive can resurrect these before it gets that far.

The legendary Japanese brand Pioneer has said it's ceasing all production of optical drives for Blu-ray media players and DVD ...

Meanwhile, Sony’s newly released PS5 Pro doesn’t feature an optical drive by default. LG’s main rival, Samsung, also halted ...

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.