In case you hadn't noticed (and we wouldn't be offended if you hadn't), there's a format war going on over whose high-capacity disc is going to succeed the DVD. We won't bore you with the details this ...

Sanyo Electric (Tokyo, Japan) has developed a laser that makes it possible to design digital-videodisk (DVD) players for automobiles. The laser operates at a highertemperature, 80degreeC, than lasers ...

Able to be combined with the BU9369FVM high-frequency modulation IC for reduced noise, the RLD2WMUV2 single-mode dual-wavelength laser provides 785-nm light with 18 mA and 655 nm at 20 mA for DVD ...

Toshiba and NEC have won a round in the fight for standardizing the format for DVDs as their technology has been embraced by an industry forum, but the real battle is won by convincing consumers and ...

So we know that over 1 million Blu-ray disks have been sold, but how many HD DVDs have been sold? Turns out they're not far behind. According to the official numbers there have been 998,059 HD DVDs ...

Just for the fun of it, let’s dive off that runaway wagon train of technology. Let’s put off DVD — hey, it already put us off for more than a year — and all those new big-screen TVs and all those new ...

As the technology world has been moving on from optical media these past few years in favor of digital downloads and flash storage, it would seem that DVDs are becoming a thing of the past. Only ...

Coming Soon: A Disc That Holds A Season Of Spongebob It holds 13 hours of video, handles HDTV, and records just like trusty VHS. No wonder big electronics makers figure the Blu-ray Disc will render ...

TOKYO--Toshiba and NEC said Monday they are planning a new format for next-generation DVDs that would cut costs but be incompatible with a format proposed by Sony and other industry giants. A Toshiba ...

The Magnavox Magnavision Model 8000 DiscoVision Videodisc Player was a “record player that produces beautiful sound and pictures” through your TV. Released in 1978, Magnavision 8000 was the first ...

Leonard Nimoy wasn’t only Spock on Star Trek. He was a celebrated stage actor and director of many successful films like Three Men and a Baby. But he would also willingly cash in on his good name as a ...