From Sony, the first multi-format home DVD recorder. The RDR-GX7 burns DVDs in both DVD-RW and DVD+RW, and should be out next month. Read Get the best tech, science, and culture news in your inbox ...

Last year, we expected DVD+R/RW burners to overtake the competition and thought that the establishment of a single standard would be critical for rapid adoption. We were half right: DVD+R/RW drives ...

Verbatim will begin shipping 8x-speed DataLifePlus 4.7GB DVD+R media this month as higher-speed DVD multi-format burners become widely available. At 8x speed, a 4.7GB DVD+R disc can be filled to ...

Lite-On IT plans to raise the speed of the RAM (random access memory) format for Super Multi DVD burners from the current 5x to 16x with production to begin in the third quarter of this year at the ...

In the optical world, LG has their new Blu-ray/HD DVD combo player to launch at CES, Warner Bros have their dual-format disc to launch too. LG are also launching a US $1200 Blu-ray burner (that works ...

The drive (model BWU-100A) is claimed to support up to 50GB of data on BD-R (write once) or BD-RE (rewritable) discs, or up to four hours of high-definition video using HDV 1080i on a BD-RE 50GB disc.

The LG GSA-4082B Triple Format Super-Multi Drive is aptly named: As the only five-format drive in the roundup, it's a step beyond ordinary multiformat capabilities. In addition to the 8X DVD±R and 4X ...