TAIPEI – Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), a research body backed by Taiwan’s government, plans next week to demonstrate a new optical disk format for storing high-definition video.

LAS VEGAS — The backers of two competing formats for next-generation optical video disc systems spent the weeks leading up to International CES jockeying for position by releasing a spate of strategic ...

Everyone knows optical disc formats like CD and DVD, but history is littered with other attempts to make shiny round discs that hold some sort of recording. With very mixed results! I like to poke ...

TOKYO — The nine developers of Blu-ray, a rewritable optical disk system, will begin licensing the format next Monday (Feb. 17). Companies planning to develop, make or sell products using the format ...

A Chinese industry consortium is moving forward with plans to launch its own high-definition disc format, and the group has announced the beginning of volume production by the end of the year, ...

Licensing to Begin for BD-ROM, BD-R and BD-RE Las Vegas– January 5, 2006 — The Blu-ray Disc Association announced today that the format specification is complete and that licensing is ready to begin ...

TOKYO – Sony Corp. will launch a new optical disc format in November that allows for storage of up to 23.3GB per disc, the company said Tuesday. The format, called Professional Disc for Data, is being ...

Blu-ray may have delivered the final knock-out punch to its primary high-def optical disc competitor, HD DVD, but its widespread success is still by no means a sure thing. For more, see my ...

TOKYO – – A format war between HD-DVD and Blu-ray Disc in the race to replace DVD looks increasingly inevitable as time quickly runs out for a compromise. Supporters of both formats agree that ...

In-Stat expects that while Blu-ray players (not including game consoles) will reach the level of millions of units shipping per year, it will never reach the level of DVD player unit shipments. The ...

A format battle between HD-DVD and Blu-ray Disc in the race to replace DVD looks increasingly inevitable as time quickly runs out for a compromise. Supporters of both formats agree that compromise ...

Welcome to Time Machines, where we offer up a selection of mechanical oddities, milestone gadgets and unique inventions to test out your tech-history skills. It bears a passing resemblance to the ...