CD-ROM drive contract manufacturers, already beset with slim profit margins, are bracing for further price cuts amid price drops in key components. Price quotes per...

Vivastar is adding to its DVD technology range: from now on, the Swiss company will also be supplying its own recording software for DVD blanks...

The Orange Book Part II or System Description CD Write Once (CD-WO) specifies the CD-WO disc format. The name CD-R (CD Recordable) is more commonly...

The Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) said Thursday it has worked out criteria for notifying consumers that music compact disks (CDs) have copy-control functions...

Today we post the world's first review for Pioneer's latest DVD-R/RW recorder. The Pioneer DVR-A04 offers DVD-R among with CD-R/RW recording formats and has several...

Sharp announced today a new optical IC chipset (codename: GA100T8R6MZ) that is capable of 60x CD-R, 60x CD-ROM and 16x DVD-ROM (reading) speeds. It will...

Authorities confiscated more than 35,000 pirated compact discs, DVDs and videotapes from stores in the capital last month, an official said Thursday. Chief Hanoi cultural...

AOpen, bolstered by strong optical drive sales, reported first-quarter revenues of NT$4.775 billion and estimated pre-tax profits at NT$1.8 to NT$2.0 per share. Accordingly, the...

The number of DVDs replicated in North America will surpass the one-billion mark later this year, marking the fastest time in which a recording media...

Hitachi, Matsushita Electric (Panasonic), Philips, Silicon Image, Sony, Thomson, and Toshiba today announced the formation of a working group to define the next-generation digital interface...