New technology could nip DVD format war in the bud
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The format war around next generation  DVDs may be over before it has begun, thanks to a breakthrough  from a British media technology company.
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Open market set to close The DVD Forum, the organisation which oversees the DVD and HD DVD formats, looks set to introduce a region-coding system for the next-generation optical disc technology next year.â¦
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We test this next-generation DVD technology, and get mixed results.
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As part of digital shift, electronics maker is planning device that will record HD DVDs, DVDs and CDs.
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Blu-ray may have taken a commanding lead in the next-generation format war, but the company has a big problem looming with outdated players.
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Toshiba and fellow Japanese technology company Memory-Tech have developed the obvious successor to DualDisc: a disc that incorporates both DVD and an HD DVD playback surfaces.
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A novel method of optical data storage could soon be used to hold a terabyte of data on a disk the size of a normal DVD, say researchers at Imperial College London, UK.
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High-definition will close the gap between cinema and home entertainment, but will also change DVD production.
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DVD recorders are getting cheaper and easier to use, but that may not be enough to spark demand for the sluggish selling devices.
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Inventors patent disc that can hold versions of films in two rival high-definition formats.
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Discs would offer 100 times the capacity of today's DVDs--but when will they be available?
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Toshiba has announced a dual layered disc that will playback both HD-DVD and DVD formats strengthing its offering in the battle of the next generation DVD formats.
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In an effort to ease the transition to higher-capacity disc technology, Toshiba and Memory-Tech have developed a dual-layer disc that supports DVD and HD DVD formats.
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TOKYO - A full-scale war over DVD formats is only a matter of time - the electronics industry can smell it in the air. As the two opposing camps continue to recruit allies, negotiations are no longer about averting a confrontation.
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Punches continue to be thrown in the fight over which next-generation DVD format will be established as the industry standard. (And there will be an industry standard, right corporate bigwigs?
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Don Reisinger thinks he knows how to get us out from the high-def format war.  Will his three-step process work?
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The consumer electronics company backs a technology lauded by Sony and others, as the DVD format battle heats up.