DVD RWs (Digital Versatile Disc Re-Writable) are a convenient and efficient method to store and share large amounts of data. Before using a DVD RW, it’s essential to format it to prepare the disc for ...

After years of backing only one format in the recordable DVD format war, Apple Computer is adding limited support of a rival format into its operating system. Apple, a longtime supporter of the DVD-R ...

+writable from scratch, formatting BD\-RE and DVD\-RAM with custom +spare area sizes or re\-formatting BD\-RE and DVD\-RAM to change their spare +size. +It is not possible to format CD\-RW by ...

The Win32 binaries provided by the author are for 6.0. I only needed this to try setting a custom spare area for a BD-RE using dvd+rw-format, which meant needing >=7.0. I tested x64 dvd+rw-format and ...

After years of backing only one format in the recordable DVD format war, the computer maker adds limited support of a rival format into its operating system. During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried ...

The DVD+RW Alliance, the organisation behind the unofficial rewriteable DVD standard, has approved a dual-layer version of the DVD+RW disc specification. Like existing DVD+R two-layer media, the ...

Microsoft has decided to support one of two competing formats for popular DVD recording technology, a decision that is intended to make the storage devices as easy to use as current CD burners and ...

An industry consortium devoted to promoting rewritable and write-once DVD standards. Founded in 1997 by HP, Philips, Sony and others, it developed the DVD+RW specification as an evolution of the CD-RW ...

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 ...

Kano Technologies on Monday introduced its K8Xtreme, a dual-format DVD+RW/R and DVD-RW/R drive. Kano claims the new 8x drive is the only one on the market that can record at 8x speed onto Verbatim 4x ...