Category Archives: Blu-ray/HD DVD

The Blu-ray DVD group says that it still plans to launch the high-definition format in the spring and that specific plans will be unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show in January. Well, there’s a shock… No one could’ve predicted the … Continue reading →

As Hollywood readies its new and controversial high-definition DVDs, at least one major studio is leaving some of the most advanced parts of the new disc formats on the table in favor of technology that’s more than a decade old. … Continue reading →

Information storage media company Maxell has said it will launch its first holographic storage products in September 2006. The first removable drive will have a capacity of 300GB and a throughput of 160mbps. We just had a little discussion on … Continue reading →

Because Sony’s Blu-ray disc technology appears to be the front-runner in the nasty fight to determine how the DVDs of the future are produced, movie studios and disc manufacturers are beginning to come to terms with the financial realities of … Continue reading →

HD DVD-RW now HD DVD-RAM, HD DVD-RR now HD DVD-RW This is nice and confusing. HD-DVD is following in DVD’s footsteps by having two different re-usable recordable formats. Yay.