Sony is straddling the fence in the struggle over which DVD rewritable format will eventually dominate the market. The consumer electronics giant has begun shipping to retailers DVD+RW drives and ...

Two new DVD formats are due out soon; one from Sony and one from Toshiba. The companies are battling for supremacy in the high-definition market. But what does it mean for the consumer? Is it time to ...

In a city built on wagering, the smart money is staying on the sidelines when it comes to the battle between two high-definition DVD formats. The first shots between Blu-ray, backed by a Sony-led ...

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Three top Hollywood studios are throwing their considerable weight behind one of two competing formats for the next generation of DVDs, citing in part the need to stem piracy. Paramount Home ...

Hoping to spur demand by reducing consumers’ confusion about DVD recording, a growing number of consumer-electronics companies are shifting to DVD recorders that can handle both of the leading formats ...

Optical media manufacturer Memory-Tech has announced that they will begin production of discs that can store data in both HD DVD and the current DVD format by the end of 2005. The discs work by ...

The first multi-format DVD recorders are set to arrive on retailers' shelves, potentially bridging a gap that has kept DVD recording from becoming a reality for most computer users. Sony has released ...

In a dramatic turn, Paramount Home Entertainment and DreamWorks Animation vowed exclusive support of HD DVD, a year after declaring they would release movies in both next-generation disc formats. By ...