The new disc adds a high-end option to the previous HD DVD-ROM disc lineup that includes the 15GB (single-layer, single-sided) and 30GB (dual-layer, single-sided). These two discs are alreadyapproved ...

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.

LOS ANGELES - May 10, 2005 - Paramount Home Entertainment, one of several major Hollywood studios actively involved in the cultivation of HD DVD, today welcomed the announcement by Toshiba Corporation ...

Taiwan disc maker Ritek says it plans to start making rewritable discs for Blu-ray and HD DVD recorders. BD-RE discs will hold 25GB, enough for three hours of high-def video or six hours of standard ...

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 ...

Once upon a time there were plastic Japanese toys that changed from cars into robots. Now we have huge blockbuster movies that change our childhood toys into reality! Ok, maybe not reality, but the ...

I’ve been using early versions of the Silicon Optix high definition discs to test HDTVs, Blu-ray and HD-DVD gear the last few weeks. The final version is out. They’re good for testing how a video ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The pending war between two incompatible high-definition DVD formats is about to get hotter. A ...

According to new market research from Home Media Magazine, Blu-ray discs significantly outsold titles in the rival HD DVD format during the first quarter of 2007—and Home Media Magazine says the ...

The documentation site for the popular Linux distro, Ubuntu, has put up instructions on how to play HD-DVD and Blu Ray discs on the GNU/Linux platform. The short how-to guide walks through the ...

Under a licensing agreement in its final stages, consumers may get the right to make several legal copies of HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc movies they’ve purchased, a concession by the movie industry that ...