With a huge industry support behind blue-laser disc technology I would say this will become the next step in optical storage after DVD, compare 4.7GB and 9.2GB (DVDs) versus 20+ gigs of capacity for ...

Optical drives let your computer read and interact with discs like CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays. While nearly every computer had them a few years ago, they're rare to see on new computers now. If you need ...

The scientists increased the capacity by leaps and bounds using an optical disc with a 3D planar recording architecture, which uses a highly transparent, uniform photoresist film doped with ...

Though the consumer tech world seems to be moving beyond optical media in favor of digital downloads, a few staunch supporters of the medium are still working hard on providing optical media with much ...

Sony Corp. will launch a new optical disk format in November that allows for storage of up to 23.3GB per disk, the company said today. The format, called Professional Disc for Data, is being ...

Sony and Panasonic have developed a next-generation optical disc for enterprise storage with an initial capacity of 300GB. Dubbed the Archival Disc, it will have the same dimensions as current Blu-ray ...