Sharp developed an ultra-small laser diode for Blu-Ray and HD DVD drives for notebooks. Code-named H04020A4G, the new diode has a diameter of just 3.3mm,...

Target Technology has alleged that Sony's Blu-ray format infringes on patents that Target has held since 2006. The California-based company designs and supplies corrosion resistant...

Pioneer Japan officialy announced today the shipments of its new DVR-S12J, a 18x DVD Multi-burner with SATA interface. The drive will retail in Japan early...

LG's first Blu-Ray burner capable of reading HD DVD-ROM movies will be available in Europe in the following days. The GGW-H10N can record up to...

Support for Hewlett-Packard's direct disc labeling technology, LightScribe, appears to be on the decline. Digitimes.com reports that the percentage of LightScribe-enabled DVD burners to all...

The AACS LA is reportedly pushing Hollywood Studios to support the Managed Copy function in the HD DVD and Blu-Ray releases, in an effort to...

Sony NEC Optiarc has just unveiled its first Blu-ray burner for PCs. Optiarc's BD-M100A burns single and dual layer Blu-ray media at double speed. Storage...

Nero announced today that Nero Linux 3 is now available worldwide. The first Linux application to offer Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD data burning support,...

Hitachi Maxell announced today that its first BD-R DL media (50GB) for video recording will retail in June. The new discs offer sufficient capacity to...

Sony presented the results of its latest research in the multi-layer "Micro-Reflector recording" technology, a type of holographic recording. In the Micro-Reflector recording technology, a...