TOKYO — Prototypes of DVD+RW drives and recorders that use a 12-cm optical disk were demonstrated here this month by a group of seven companies. Claiming better compatibility with the existing DVD ...

If you just bought a new DVD recorder and you’re trying to figure out what kind of blank disks you should be using, read the manual that came with the recorder. Once you know the type of DVD recorder ...

Microsoft has decided to support one of two competing formats for popular DVD recording technology, a decision that is intended to make the storage devices as easy to use as current CD burners and ...

High prices and compatibility issues loom large as makers of recordable and rewritable DVD discs and players shoot for the kind of mainstream acceptance enjoyed by non-recordable DVD-ROM products.

LAS VEGAS -The 41-company RWPPI (RW Products Promotion Initiative), formed to promote adoption of the DVD-RW format, announced at CES that it will investigate the feasibility of developing dual-format ...

LAS VEGAS--The two groups striving to make their respective formats the standard for rewritable DVDs used this week's Consumer Electronics Show as an opportunity to demonstrate their progress. At ...

Kano Technologies today introduced a new 8x dual-format DVD+RW/R and DVD-RW/R drive. The K8Xtreme has an 8x write speed for both DVD+R and -R media, and can record an entire DVD in less than 15 ...

I purchased a DVD writer to back up large quantities of data. Nero gives me the option of making three types of discs, as mentioned in the title (as well as DVD boot, DVD video, etc., but I don't need ...

An industry consortium devoted to promoting rewritable and write-once DVD standards. Founded in 1997 by HP, Philips, Sony and others, it developed the DVD+RW specification as an evolution of the CD-RW ...

Kano Technologies on Monday introduced its K8Xtreme, a dual-format DVD+RW/R and DVD-RW/R drive. Kano claims the new 8x drive is the only one on the market that can record at 8x speed onto Verbatim 4x ...