TOKYO — A group of four manufacturers today announced successful development of a prototype of a HD DVD-R disc, the write-once next generation DVD disc, that can be easily produced at high volume on ...

TOKYO—Toshiba Corporation today reconfirmed the flexibility and expandability of the HD DVD format with the announcement of a 30GB dual-layer HD DVD-R (recordable) disc that extends the capacity for a ...

Panasonic, the leading brand of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., announced that the company will release single-sided dual layer 8cm (3-inch) DVD-R discs next spring in the United States. The ...

Prodisc Technology has developed a DVD-R disc that can hold 200MB more data than current discs and plans to unveil it at next week’s Computex show in Taiwan. The disc has a capacity of 4.9GB, versus 4 ...

Toshiba and three partners have taken the lead in the HD DVD race, today announcing successful development of a prototype of a HD DVD-R disc. Despite rumored talks between competing companies for a ...

Q: I have a Panasonic DMR-EZ48VK recorder that I recently purchased. This is all new to me. I would like to know what disc-type I should buy for recording VCR tapes onto a DVD disc. Also, is there a ...

Panasonic recently announced its first DVD recorder with a built-in hard drive. By combining a 40 GB hard disk drive with a DVD recorder, the new DMR-HS2 can record a maximum of 52 hours of ...

This is actually pretty simple, although the alphabet stew can be confusing to the uninitiated. So, assuming you’re even more of a novice than you probably are, here are the basics: CD vs DVD: CD is ...

Toshiba has unveiled a digital video recorder that integrates recordable HD DVD discs, in combination with a 1 TB hard disc. The RD-A1 can record and store up to 130 hours of HD content on the hard ...