Sony has unveiled today four new Multi-format DVD/CD rewritable drives based on its 12th generation optical storage technology. This line-up features three designs and four configurations.

A decidedly more vociferous Ricoh took its DVD+RW road show here during Comdex/Fall, while Panasonic countered with a forceful demonstration of its DVD-RAM format. The three-way battle between ...

Its rival, the DVD+RW Alliance, supports the DVD+RW format. Its member companies, which also manufacture discs and drives, include Hewlett-Packard, Dell Computer and Sony.

The DVD+RW Alliance includes companies such as Hewlett-Packard and Sony. The alliance has added still another format, DVD+R, as the latest feature to its namesake technology.

The DVD-RW recorders usually record DVD-R, CD-R and CD-RW media, too. Similarly to what happens to DVD-R, DVD-RW disks can be played in newer commercial DVD players without any problems.

Think of DVD+R as an improvement on the DVD format. It was developed in 2002 by the DVD+RW Alliance as a then competing format for DVD-R media, with a number of significant technical improvements.

It’s compatible with Macs and PCs. The K8Xtreme can write CD-R media at 32x, CD-RW media at 16x and reads CD-Rs at 40x, and can read DVD-ROMs at 12x.

The DVD+RW format was first proposed as a 3-Gbyte rewritable disk system in 1997 by the original six backers of the DVD+RW standard, excluding Thomson. In November 1998, the group announced a ...

The DVD Forum has standardized two rewritable formats, DVD-RW and DVD-RAM, but a group of companies including forum members Sony and Philips have developed their own competing system, DVD+RW ...

The DVD+RW Alliance includes companies such as Hewlett-Packard and Sony. The alliance has added still another format, DVD+R, as the latest feature to its namesake technology.

LAS VEGAS -The 41-company RWPPI (RW Products Promotion Initiative), formed to promote adoption of the DVD-RW format, announced at CES that it will investigate the feasibility of developing dual-format ...