Here’s how it works. Radius 1000: use it on its own or with a computer. Rather than pitching its tent in either the computer- or CD-based DJing camp, American Audio has laid a peg in both with the ...

The CD was the first kind of optical disc, initially designed without regard for computer storage. The first prototype arrived in 1979 to play back music but was adapted into the CD-ROM format in ...

I can't get RealPlayer or Windows Media Player to even recognize that this is an audio CD. When I check 'properties' in My Computer, it just shows the autorun file and the .mpeg file of the music ...

Unfortunately, some audio CD players and in-car players use PC CD drives, and will not legitimately play a protected CD you have paid for. Nor can people play music CDs on their PCs.

Re "CDs That Block Copying May Herald a Revolution," Jan. 6: When I purchase compact discs for myself, I usually either listen to them through my computer CD player or I convert them to MP3s and ...

Although CD-ROM prices are higher than those for music CD players and discs, they are dropping. Computers with built-in CD-ROM drives are starting at about $2,000.

And though the technology they’re using isn’t new (the CD player was released in Japan in 1982, followed by the DVD player in 1996), it’s new to the kids of Gen Alpha. “It’s novel to them,” Verett ...

How to Open a DVD Player on an Apple Computer. Take advantage of the Apple computer at your office to play DVDs that contain technical manuals, applicant resumes or software tutorials. When you ...