In a city built on wagering, the smart money is staying on the sidelines when it comes to the battle between two high-definition DVD formats. The first shots between Blu-ray, backed by a Sony-led ...

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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 ...

LONDON – The battle between two hyped formats for high-definition DVD will confuse shoppers and turn many of them off the whole technology, a London-based research firm predicted on Friday. "The net ...

DVD players are far superior to VCRs by every measure but one: recording. VCRs do it, DVD players don’t. As a result, DVD players might be great for watching a rented movie, but they’re no help when ...

One of the great features of the modern PC is the DVD drive. Watching movies at home on a desktop PC with a big flat-screen display or on a plane with a laptop can be a great convenience. Now that DVD ...

Paramount Home Entertainment and DreamWorks Animation on Monday vowed exclusive support of HD DVD, a year after declaring they would release movies in both next-generation disc formats.The move will ...

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - In the wake of Toshiba's formal surrender in the next-generation DVD format war, Universal Studios Home Entertainment said Tuesday that it will begin releasing ...