The film biz is fast approaching DVD D-Day. Just two years ago, only 4.8 million people in the U.S. owned DVD players, so it was no surprise that major titles like "Star Wars" and "E.T. The Extra ...

As the name implies, DVD+R dual-layer and DVD-R dual-layer discs double the capacity by having a second layer affixed to the disc. Now you have 8.5GB (opposed to 4.5GB) of storage capacity.

CD/DVD rewriter. Blu-ray rewriter. BD-XL rewriter. Speeds at which drives are able to read and write data to and from a disc depend on the format, the model, and branding.

Sony says DVDs have a life expectancy of 30 to 100 years if cared for properly, but for some reason WB movies sold during that 3-year period are more vulnerable to disc rot, or DVD rot.

New DVD writer from LaCie allows users to 'drag and drop' files onto a DVD-RAM disk that can hold up to 9.4GB of data.

Hello<BR><BR>I am kind of new to this so tryign to figure out what can and what can't be done with my CDR/DVDR<BR><BR>I know how to make VCD and DVD disks<BR>My question is:<BR>I belive if i just ...

Netflix will cease shipping DVDs in about a month, bringing to an end a service it offered years before it became the streaming giant it is today.. The move to phase out its 25-year-old DVD rental ...

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 ...

Everyone knows optical disc formats like CD and DVD, but history is littered with other attempts to make shiny round discs that hold some sort of recording. With very mixed results!

Section Tested DVD Load Time HDD Load Time; Loading Half-Life 2: 44.5 seconds: 25.5 seconds: Half Life 2 Save Game - 'We don't go there any more' 47 seconds ...