All BluRay player, devices, and drives contain a key that unlocks the encryption and DRM present on BluRay discs. Since 2007, the consortium responsible for this DRM scheme has been pushing ...

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.

Aluminum housed desktop optical drive with USB 3.0 and M-DISC support ... Windows XP and later Includes: 16X External Blu-ray Burner; 0.6 meter (24") USB 3.0 Cable; External power cable; User ...

Western Digital says that the helium "remains contained within the drive throughout its operational lifespan", which is usually between 5 and 10 years, about the same as Blu-ray. A single 18TB LTO ...