The EL6900C is the world's first laser driver designed specifically for the new Blu-Ray Disc industry-standard disc-recording format. The complete laser diode driver includes a two-channel sample and ...

Ritek and CMC Magnetics are preparing to begin production of HD-DVD (High-Density Digital Versatile Disc), a blue-laser DVD standard of the next generation developed by Toshiba and NEC, discs in the ...

Sony debuted on Monday optical storage discs that use blue-laser technology to hold more data and that offer improved durability. Sony indicated that the Professional Disc and Blu-ray will remain ...

Just when it looked like a clear winner in the DVD-RW / DVD+RW skirmish was about to emerge, Sony has to go and mess it all up by shifting our focus to the next format: Blue Laser DVDs. What is this ...

NEC has developed technology to record and read both current and next-generation DVDs with a single optical head, adding to the momentum of blue-laser DVD products. NEC said Thursday that its new ...

Coming Soon: A Disc That Holds A Season Of Spongebob It holds 13 hours of video, handles HDTV, and records just like trusty VHS. No wonder big electronics makers figure the Blu-ray Disc will render ...

TOKYO--Toshiba and NEC said Monday they are planning a new format for next-generation DVDs that would cut costs but be incompatible with a format proposed by Sony and other industry giants. A Toshiba ...

At the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show, Toshiba announced that it had developed a high-capacity HD DVD disc capable of storing 17GB on each of three disc layers, for a grand total of 51GB. It was good ...