With thousands of DVD recorders and DVD recordable computer drives set to be given as gifts this holiday season, one of the most confusing things has to be the multiple formats under which these ...

The Recordable DVD Council (RDVDC) will have its cake and eat it too, it seems. At a Comdex press conference yesterday, RDVDC — a coalition of nearly 75 DVD technology developers and manufacturers — ...

LAS VEGAS—Despite the industry's high hopes for a volume roll-out of recordable DVDs on the U.S. consumer market this year, consumer OEMs are divided in their support for three major incompatible ...

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 ...

The Good: Firewire and USB connectivity; excellent performance; reads/writes almost any optical standard, including new dual-layer discs; sturdy case; phenomenal software package caters to both new ...

STMicroelectronics announced it is sampling the STm8000, a single-chip, audio-video full-duplex codec for the DVD and HDD (hard disk drive) recorder market. The STm8000 with its open and flexible ...

NEW YORK -- As the personal computer gets shoved out of the spotlight at the PC Expo trade show, a three-way battle is heating up over standards for recordable digital video or DVD devices. Analysts ...

Pioneer Electronics wants to make the holiday season fly by for DVD fanatics. The Long Beach, Calif.-based division of Tokyo's Pioneer announced on Thursday a new combination DVD-CD ...

After a successful 2002, the DVD Entertainment Group trade org said it will spend 2003 pushing recordable DVDs and music on DVD with a range of con-sumer education and marketing initiatives.

Will Joe and Jane consumer put Steven Spielberg out of work? Could be, if Apple Computer and Compaq Computer have their way. Both companies are scrambling to offer the ultimate in amateur moviemaking: ...

Pioneer's consumer DVD recorder is skipping a beat. Owners of the $1,800 DVR-7000 device are experiencing a glitch, the company confirmed Tuesday. The problem doesn't affect the recording of discs, ...