The ability to hold a movie or several episodes of your favorite television with crystal clear picture and full surround sound has transformed how we enjoy our entertainment centers. Unfortunately, ...

TOKYO—Toshiba Corporation today reconfirmed the flexibility and expandability of the HD DVD format with the announcement of a 30GB dual-layer HD DVD-R (recordable) disc that extends the capacity for a ...

High prices and compatibility issues loom large as makers of recordable and rewritable DVD discs and players shoot for the kind of mainstream acceptance enjoyed by non-recordable DVD-ROM products.

DVD players are far superior to VCRs by every measure but one: recording. VCRs do it, DVD players don’t. As a result, DVD players might be great for watching a rented movie, but they’re no help when ...

It was disclosed this week that a patent application has been filed for a single DVD disc that could accommodate the non-compatible Blu-ray and HD DVD formats, as well as standard DVD, although it's ...

TOKYO — A group of four manufacturers today announced successful development of a prototype of a HD DVD-R disc, the write-once next generation DVD disc, that can be easily produced at high volume on ...

Stunning picture and audio quality is only part of what the HD DVD format has to offer. The combination of HD video, interactivity, connectivity, and dynamic content integration is what enables HD DVD ...

Memory-Tech Corporation and Toshiba Corporation have announced the joint development of a dual-layer ROM (read-only) disc that can store content in both the HD DVD and DVD formats. The newly developed ...

High prices and compatibility issues loom large as makers of recordable and rewritable DVD discs and players shoot for the kind of mainstream acceptance enjoyed by non-recordable DVD-ROM products.

Prodisc Technology has developed a DVD-R disc that can hold 200MB more data than current discs and plans to unveil it at next week’s Computex show in Taiwan. The disc has a capacity of 4.9GB, versus 4 ...

The high-definition movie disc battle between HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc can be traced all the way back to 2000, when companies began experimenting with using new blue lasers in optical disc systems.