CNET examines on the ongoing problem of disc compatibility on Blu-ray players, and why it's something reviews won't always catch. Matthew Moskovciak Senior Associate Editor / Reviews - Home theater ...

Optical disc-based physical media has transformed from the de facto film and TV distribution standard to a niche ...

Recent news from Sony and Panasonic about a new type of disc designed to hold up to 1 terabyte of data has the Internet buzzing about its implications. Could this be the piece of the puzzle we need to ...

Hollywood studios live in mortal fear of piracy, and nowhere is that fear more evident than when a customer tries to copy a movie bought, legally, to watch on another screen. If I buy a $20 Blu-ray ...

Optical media discs might all look roughly the same on the outside, but it's what's on the inside that really counts.

A math problem for 21 st Century grade school student might look like this: At 25 GB per layer, how many layers would it take to provide a Blu-ray disc with a 400 GB capacity? The answer is 16 layers ...

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.

According to some members over at the AVS forums there may be an issue of disk rot with certain Blu-ray disks. The titles that that have been reported with the disk rot issue are The Departed, The ...

The Blu-ray Disc Association has teased that a 4K-friendly disc format is coming, but Singulus isn't willing to wait to make some announcements of its own. The German company just finished production ...