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.

Q: I have a Panasonic DMR-EZ48VK recorder that I recently purchased. This is all new to me. I would like to know what disc-type I should buy for recording VCR tapes onto a DVD disc. Also, is there a ...

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 ...

The DVD+RW Alliance, a voluntary association of industry-leading personal computer, optical storage and consumer electronics manufacturers that support the Plus format for DVD recording, has announced ...

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 ...

Verbatim Corp. will soon start shipping DataLifePlus 4.7GB rewritable DVD discs for DVD-RW drives. The new re-recordable DVD-RW media allows users to edit and incrementally update data on the discs.

Chances are you have a DVD player connected to your TV set and you might even have a DVD drive on your PC. But most PC DVD drives are ''read only'' devices that can be used to watch DVD movies or ...

Toshiba Storage Device Division (SDD) has announced its first slim HD DVD-RW drive for mobile PCs, further extending high-definition (HD) recording capabilities to the IT arena. The new drive can read ...

Sony Electronics will take the wraps off a new suite of DVD recordable discs, including DVD-RW and DVD-R, as well as DVD+RW and DVD+R media today. “We think the discs will be of interest to Mac users ...