It was 20 years ago this month that consumer electronics companies Sony and Toshiba launched a new home video format called Digital Video Disc, or DVD. The format promised a four-fold increase in ...

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 ...

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 ...

In a dramatic turn, Paramount Home Entertainment and DreamWorks Animation vowed exclusive support of HD DVD, a year after declaring they would release movies in both next-generation disc formats. By ...

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 ...

The battle over the next generation of DVD players just got another entrant: the virtual multilayer disc (VMD). VMD is a high quality format with built-in copyright protection designed for ...

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 ...

Manufacturers looking for a higher-capacity recordable DVD format will want to mark Feb. 17 on their calendars. The nine companies promoting Blu-ray Disc technology--a next-generation recordable DVD ...

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 ...

The Blu-ray format was officially introduced at the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show, although Sony had already developed the first prototypes in 2000. The Las Vegas trade ...

Paramount Home Entertainment and DreamWorks Animation on Monday vowed exclusive support of HD DVD, a year after declaring they would release movies in both next-generation disc formats.The move will ...