With Hollywood forecasting DVD sales to start dropping in 2007 and increased competition from video-on-demand delivered over cable networks, the race is on to commercialize the next revenue-generating ...

Nine of the world’s largest electronics companies have taken a joint step towards commercialization of a next-generation optical disk system and with it raised the possibility of a new format battle.

Next year, the latest attempt to get us to upgrade our optical disc players arrives in the form of Ultra HD Blu-ray. The format promises four times the visual resolution of existing Blu-rays, and ...

PARIS — Opposing camps in the high-definition disk format battle are close to a compromise on key components of their competing standards based on blue laser technology. According to sources close to ...

With the release of the ="https: www.cnet.com="" games="" hardware="" 0,239029706,240054851,00.htm"="">PlayStation 3 and other HD players some people have already made their choice, but it's still too ...

Every now and then tech companies will launch a product that'll make you think, "Wait, why weren't we doing this all along?" Universal Studio's new "Flipper" disc is one of those: a two-in-one disc ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Separate consortia in Taiwan and China are pecking away at a new DVD format that would enable disk and player manufacturers to evade royalty payments to Japanese, American and ...

Sony has unveiled today four new Multi-format DVD/CD rewritable drives based on its 12th generation optical storage technology. This line-up features three designs and four configurations. Hailing it ...

Despite the Apple hoopla from earlier today, Sony managed to unveil three ultra fast DVD/CD drives. The DRU-840A, DRX-840U and DRX-S70U certainly won’t make you the talk of the town, but they do boast ...