Microsoft has come a long way from its announcement at CES 2004 that it had entered the foray of high-definition DVD. This week the company won a very crucial vote when the Steering Committee for the ...

The approval of the DualDisc audio standard by the DVD Forum could open up some potentially interesting options for not only DVD-Audio but plain ol’ DVD-Video, as well. The DualDisc format basically ...

The DVD Forum announced today that they will officially support the burning of CSS-protected content to DVD-R discs. The forum specifically approved "CSS Managed Recording" during its 36th Steering ...

The DVD Forum Steering Committee has approved the Thomson Film Grain Technology as an optional HD DVD-Video format. Using algorithms, the film grain tool allows users to edit and manipulate picture ...

The DVD Forum has adopted an IEEE 1394-based technical standard that will simplify connections between DVD-Audio/Video players and other consumer electronics products, including receivers and TVs. The ...

The DVD Forum has formally adopted the Advanced Optical Disc (AOD) format under development by Toshiba Corp. and NEC Corp. as the next-generation DVD drive, but in the near-term, it doesn't mean a ...

"The DVD Forum, the body that oversees the DVD specification, has decided to stick with red laser technology and current storage capacities rather than make the move to blue light and more capacious ...

<p>Ready for high-definition DVD? The DVD Forum has approved the new DVD HD standard developed by Toshiba and NEC. DVD HD will offer five times the storage capacity as current DVDs and its approval ...

The DVD Forum in Tokyo has decided to adopt a DVD format proposed by NEC and Toshiba Corporations for the storage and display of HD television programs and feature films. The 0.6-mm bonded disk, which ...

The DVD Forum, the international DVD standard authority, has given Chinese engineers the go-ahead to look into developing a next-generation DVD format which will compete with Sony's Blu Ray and ...

Well, the 34th DVD Forum Steering Committee meeting occurred two days ago in Seattle, but it wasn't just the usual hum drum logo approvals and plans for world living room domination. This time they ...

Looks like DualDisc wasn’t the only format approved by the DVD Forum last week — the HD-DVD specification was pushed through, as well, including the VC-9 codec (read: Windows Media Player 9) from ...