Memorex 16X dual-layer drive With a growing need for large file backups, feature-rich movies, and other multimedia, traditional 4.7GB DVD-R/RW discs are feeling the storage pinch.

Sony Electronics today announced its second generation internal Blu-ray Disc™ (BD) writer drive for the computer aftermarket, which boasts 4X BD-R and 16X DVD+R recording speeds. The new BWU-200S ...

Sony plans to eventually stop producing recordable BD-R discs meant for consumers, but commercial-grade Blu-ray movie and game discs aren't affected.

Sony will begin selling an after-market Blu-ray Disc drive next month that can be added to existing desktop computers.The BWU-100A ...

The DRU-710UL — featuring the same mechanism used in Sony’s currently shipping DRU-710A internal model — is a 16x DVD+R recordable drive featuring USB 2.0 and FireWire interfaces that comes ...

With the increasing availability of 16x DVD burners on the market, 16x DVD+R discs are expected to become the mainstream blank optical discs in the fourth quarter of this year, according to Robert ...

The gap in time-to-market for 16x DVD+R/-R and 8.5GB DVD+R DL (single-sided double-layer) discs between top- and second-tier manufacturers of optical discs in Taiwan is expected to increase ...

Sony announced today that its first dedicated Blu-ray Disc™ player, the BDP-S1 model, has begun shipping to major consumer electronics retailers and specialty dealers nationwide.

Sony has announced the reduction of 250 jobs at its optical disc manufacturing plant in Tagaze, Japan, as part of an initiative to completely phase out the production of recordable optical media. All ...

Have a hankering to make Blu-ray discs? Sony has you covered with its new BWU-300S 8x Blu-ray Disc Writer that can encode a 25GB disc in under 15 minutes – 50GB disc takes 30 minutes.

Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd., better known by its FujiFilm brand name, is planning to begin sales of 16X DVD+R media and dual-layer DVD+R media from the fourth quarter this year in the U.S., the ...