The conventional wisdom was that while Blu-ray might have the edge technically, HD-DVD drives are far cheaper. Once again, I put conventional wisdom to the test and find something that might ...

Sony announces Blu-ray disc recorders for the professional market as well as new, faster multiformat DVD drives for desktop PCs. Blue-ray discs hold 27GB of storage space.

Blu-ray players are thought to cost more to manufacture than HD DVD ones, and this appears to be borne out by the current retail price of the cheapest HD DVD player (the Toshiba HD-A1 at US$499 ...

4x Blu-ray drives overcome 12x DVD drives by running a constant 18 MBps; however, a 4x Blu-ray drive is far too expensive for Sony to use in the PlayStation 3, and more likely gamers will get a 1x ...

Blu-ray Disc sales have seen a sharp spike in recent weeks since the bruising format war against rival HD DVD came to an end in the middle of February.

In 2004, HP pledged its allegiance to Blu-ray technology, but in 2005, the company announced that it would support HD DVD, and offered HD DVD drives in some of its desktops and laptops.

Home Entertainment News DVD, Blu-ray, 4K Ultra, & Digital Releases – July 19, 2022: THE BOB’S BURGERS MOVIE, DRIVE MY CAR, YELLOWJACKETS: Season 1, & More ...

PX-B900A Blu-ray Disc Drive The PX-B900A drive delivers fast recording speeds of 2X BD-R/RE (9 MBytes/sec transfer rate) on single layer and double-layer media.

Pioneer announced at IFA that it will be releasing a drive capable of reading both HD DVD and Blu-ray discs. The BDR-103 will utilize Ricoh’s smart blue laser diode that can recognize what type ...

Depending on whether you want the ability to burn your own DVD/Blu-ray discs (often called a writer or rewriter), these can range in price from $20 to $40 for a DVD drive and between $50 and $100 ...

Yes, this is a Blu-ray/DVD reader and writer disguised as a Disk II drive. But it's no mere 3D-printed enclosure. RetroConnector really, and carefully, gutted an old Disk II and, in place of the ...

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