Workshop: Add HD DVD or Blu-ray to your PC

We show how to install a high-definition drive in your computer

The successors to DVD have been around for a few years, but high prices and confusion over specifications mean that the appeal of Blu-ray and HD DVD drives has been limited.

Blu-ray has had the best publicity of late but HD DVD’s supporters haven’t yet thrown in the towel. At the same time, prices of these next-generation DVD drives are plummeting.

Blu-ray and HD DVD are not interchangeable, but both offer excellent visual quality and provide higher-capacity storage.

From the PC user’s perspective, such drives can also serve to back up entire hard disks or safely store large collections of documents and other personal files on a disc.

Click here to find out how to add an HD drive to your PC.