Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI),announced today that it had begun preparations to adopt Blu-ray Disc ROM (BD-ROM) format as a medium for the next generation PlayStation®, the successor system ...

TOKYO--During the same press conference in which it unveiled the new, slimmed-down PlayStation 2, Sony also revealed plans about that console's successor, commonly referred to as the PlayStation 3.

The new disc adds a high-end option to the previous HD DVD-ROM disc lineup that includes the 15GB (single-layer, single-sided) and 30GB (dual-layer, single-sided). These two discs are alreadyapproved ...

Development of High-Performance Reflective Film Enables Triple Layer Structure Comprised of Blu-ray Disc Layer and DVD Dual Layer JVC announced that it has developed the world's first Blu-ray/ DVD ...

Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. is now shipping the highly anticipated BDC-2202 combination Blu-ray Disc BD-ROM/DVD/CD computer drive to retail stores. The product can ...

LOS ANGELES - May 10, 2005 - Paramount Home Entertainment, one of several major Hollywood studios actively involved in the cultivation of HD DVD, today welcomed the announcement by Toshiba Corporation ...

As the last president of the now-extinct Info-Mac Network, I have several times in the last few years received requests from lawyers or their staffs for certain CD-ROMs, originally produced by a ...

In 1994, multimedia discs—from encyclopedias to magazines—flooded the market, and felt like the future. It was fun while it lasted. At the time, it was the CD-ROM that had captured the imagination of ...

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. announced today that it had begun preparations to adopt Blu-ray Disc ROM (BD-ROM) format as a medium for the next generation PS3. Blu-ray Disc (BD) is a next ...

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Sept. 1, 2004 — The Blu-ray Disc Association and Microsoft Corp. have agreed to include the VC-1 advanced compression video codec, the proposed SMPTE standard based on Windows Media ...

In a bid to boost the capacity of optical ROM discs to 100GBytes, Sharp Corp. has developed a dual-layer technology that uses a transparent super-resolution functional film, the company announced ...

Toshiba Corporation has announced the development of a triple-layer HD DVD-ROM (read-only) disc with a data capacity of 45 gigabytes, 50% more than the 30-gigabyte dual-layer HD DVD-ROM disc already ...