Blu-ray may very well be the last physical media we get when it comes to video content, but if history had gone just a little differently, it would be HD-DVDs being frantically collected by media ...

The high-definition movie disc battle between HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc can be traced all the way back to 2000, when companies began experimenting with using new blue lasers in optical disc systems.

I was one of the early adopters of the Xbox HD-DVD player. I bought two movies for it: Harry Potter and Blade Runner. Both Harry Potter and Blade Runner look fantastic on HD-DVD @ 720p. The only movie ...

Gizmodo Buzz Index: The most accurate graphs since cavemen first scratched pie charts into the walls of French caves. The upcoming high-definition format war is heating up, with Sony and company ...

Toshiba Corp. announced Tuesday that it will discontinue its HD-DVD products, handing victory to rival high-definition disc format Blu-ray Disc. The company said it will no longer develop, manufacture ...

This week, the titans are clashing. Sony and Microsoft, both notorious for pulling out all the stops, are going head to head with their latest game machines. Although not a gamer, I’m drawn to the PS3 ...

Just as in the 1980s, when the Betamax and VHS video formats were battling it out for supremacy, the pornography industry will likely play a major role in determining which of the two blue-laser DVD ...

Panasonic's DMP-BD10 Blu-ray player won't be the first player on the market--Samsung claimed that distinction with the format-lanching BD-P1000 in June. Nor will it be the cheapest: unlike $1,000 ...

Because your streaming service doesn’t cut it and these are 4K Blu-ray players in 2025 that still matter. It’s 2025, and while streaming might be more convenient than ever, it still doesn’t hold a ...

There's been a lot of chatter lately about Microsoft's commitment to releasing physical media for its Xbox console games. In a recent interview, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer admitted that most ...