KAWASAKI, Japan — Engineers at NEC Corp. have developed a prototype optical disc drive that supports the new HD-DVD format and is also compatible with CD and DVD formats, they said Wednesday ...

NEC was busy showcasing PC-based high-definition DVD players and recorders at CeBIT. NEC presented the HR-1100 multireader 3-in-1 drive that can play HD DVDs as well as normal DVDs and CDs.

HD-DVD, DVD and CD systems each contain lasers that produce light of a different wavelength. Because NEC's prototype can read all three formats using this single optical head, the drive is small ...

NEC has launched a faster DVD writer which, it claims, is the first to author both DVD+R and DVD-R rewritable formats at 4x speed. This doubles the previous speed at which DVD+R discs could be ...

You can even retrieve DVD’s or CD’s from the slot drive without powering up the PC”. Previously available in Japan the NEC POWERMATE P5010 is now available in Australia and New Zealand at a ...

NEC is also working on support for rewritable HD-DVD media although the standardization for HD-DVD Rewritable has yet to be completed. That’s expected to be finalized in May or June this year ...

The NEC VersaPro Type VD isn't simply a laptop from 2002 being re-released for 2023, as it also features a stack of modern features. The 15.6-inch full HD screen (1920x1080) display is paired with ...

The PC industry shipped some 57 million computers into the US in 2003 alone, according to research firm Gartner. And don't expect the money anytime soon, because the lawyers are waiting to see if ...

Engineers at NEC Corp. have developed a prototype optical disc drive that supports the new HD-DVD format and is also compatible with CD and DVD formats, they said Wednesday.