DVD Format/Logo Licensing Corp. Rides into the Sunset

Riding herd on the DVD optical disc marketplace for nearly 25 years, the DVD Format/Logo Licensing Corporation (DVD FLLC) announced it will cease operations and mosey off into the sunset at the end of December.

Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD: Regional Differences

Few efforts in the history of DVD have been as controversial or proven as futile as Regional Playback Control (RPC). Justified as necessary protection in a free-for-all world, condemned as yet another shackle of capitalist oppression and circumvented at every turn, RPC is now the latest problem for next generation Blu-ray Disc (BD) and HD …

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Writable DVDs for Blu-ray and HD DVD Video

To my mind, seamless evolution requires that, in addition to their own media, BD and HD DVD devices record and play high-definition video (HD) content to and from writable DVD (DVD±R/DL/RW) discs.