Category Archives: Blu-ray/HD DVD

Hewlett-Packard has announced it will support both contenders to be the next generation of DVDs, a change of tack that could raise the chances of an expensive format war. Hmm – HP blinked? Or is this political pressure on the … Continue reading →

Toshiba said on Tuesday it will delay the year-end Japan launch of its next-generation HD DVD players to address copy protection issues, potentially undermining its advantage as the first supplier to put such machines on the market. The crumbling sound … Continue reading →

Fox Filmed Entertainment sees the Sony-led Blu-ray high-definition DVDs winning the next-generation DVD technology battle on the back of widespread Hollywood support and the release next year of the PlayStation 3 video game console. They’re starting to crank up the … Continue reading →

Taiwan’s home-grown answer to next-generation optical disc formats like HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc has gone into mass production. So it is DVD tweaked to hold a bit more data (probably a tighter spiral and/or smaller pits) and using WMV … Continue reading →