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.

Q: I have a Panasonic DMR-EZ48VK recorder that I recently purchased. This is all new to me. I would like to know what disc-type I should buy for recording VCR tapes onto a DVD disc. Also, is there a ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The format war around next generation DVDs may be over before it has begun, thanks to a breakthrough from a British media technology ...

Memory-Tech and Toshiba announced the joint development of a single-sided, three-layer ROM disc supporting high capacity storage and playback of both DVD and HD DVD formats. The disc joins a family of ...

Storage firm LaCie is launching two new DVD writers, one of which allows up to 9.4GB of data on a single disk. Available from early October, the drives are intended for archiving and backup, as well ...

Optical drives are still practical for many users, whether to play old CDs and DVDs, install software, or create ...

You know we likey our Blu-ray and HD DVD tech 'round here, but we heart hybrid capabilities even more. So today's announcement from Toshiba and Memory Tech of a triple-layer twin format HD DVD / DVD ...

Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial has developed a two-sided optical rewritable disc that can store 100GB. The technology used would make DVD compatibility difficult, but Matsushita hopes the ...

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 ...

Software maker Pony/Canon will release the first Blu-ray/DVD movie hybrid in Japan in February 2009, in a deliberate attempt to accelerate consumer transition from the DVD format to Blu-ray. By ...

So I've got the vast majority of my DVDs in a disc case (each disc in a hanging, numbered sleeve). Should I keep the DVD cases around or not? I don't really see myself as having any use for them, ...