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.

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 ...

The first dual-layer DVD+R recording media are set to go on sale in Japan at the end of this month and overseas in June, disc maker Mitsubishi Kagaku Media Co. Ltd. said Friday. The discs were ...

The pending war between two incompatible high-definition DVD formats is about to get hotter. A group of four manufacturers has announced the successful development of a prototype of an HD DVD-R disc ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. When you're the proud owner of a PC with a recordable DVD drive, you may be excused if a trip to the computer store results in total ...

Eindhoven, Netherlands — Philips Electronics is spinning what it calls an “all-speed” DVD+R disk capable of recording data up to 16x speeds. Scheduled for retail launch at the end of August in the U.S ...

Prodisc Technology has developed a DVD-R disc that can hold 200MB more data than current discs and plans to unveil it at next week’s Computex show in Taiwan. The disc has a capacity of 4.9GB, versus 4 ...

Entertainment Media Expo Booth 302, — August 23, 2005 –Advanced Media, Inc., is pleased to announce brisk sales of its 8cm mini-DVD discs. The discs have been a strong addition to the popular RIDATA™ ...

Yesterday I inserted a blank DVD-R disc into my MacBook Pro (2.33GHz Core 2 Duo) like I've done dozens of times before. But this time was different. This time it destroyed my SuperDrive. After I ...

TOKYO—Toshiba Corporation today reconfirmed the flexibility and expandability of the HD DVD format with the announcement of a 30GB dual-layer HD DVD-R (recordable) disc that extends the capacity for a ...

Taiwanese DVD-R disc makers have increased production capacity in anticipation of a market recovery, and second-tier manufacturers have cut unit prices to US$1.50-2 and first-tier players to US$2-3.