Category Archives: Blu-ray/HD DVD

Consumers will have access to the first 50GB Blu-ray disc, which boasts twice the capacity of a regular disc, when Sony Pictures releases the Adam Sandler comedy “Click” on Tuesday.

Blu-ray manufacturers and supporters of HD DVD high-definition DVD technology don’t see eye to eye on a lot of issues, but there is one thing that they agree on: They don’t want to sell high-definition recorders in the United States. … Continue reading →

Hitachi will try to come out with a video camera with a built-in Blu-ray burner in one to two years, Hiroto Yamauchi, general manager of storage products marketing at Hitachi, told News.com during an interview at Ceatec, a large Japanese … Continue reading →

Sony’s BWU-100A Blu-ray Disc burner will this month gain the ability to play pre-recorded BD discs, the consumer electronics giant has revealed. The fix will come courtesy of an update to the copy of CyberLink PowerDVD bundled with the internal … Continue reading →

Toshiba has launched a slimline HD DVD drive for notebook computers in a bid to boost support for the next-generation optical disc format. The drawer-mechanism unit not only reads and writes all the usual DVD and CD formats, but also … Continue reading →