Microsoft got itself in the middle of a physical disk war when it released an HD DVD movie disc add-on for the Xbox 360. The add-on eventually shut down due to the Blu-ray format winning that war.

Perhaps not everyone will agree with us, but here at Gizmodo, we’ve officially declared Blu-Ray the winner over HD DVD in the battle to be DVD’s replacement format. It’s technically superior to HD DVD ...

For a brief period of time, optical discs were being produced with readable data on both sides - here's why they never gained ...

It was disclosed this week that a patent application has been filed for a single DVD disc that could accommodate the non-compatible Blu-ray and HD DVD formats, as well as standard DVD, although it's ...

Universal Studios Home Entertainment are easing the transition from DVD to Blu-ray with the announcement it will release dual-format discs containing both Blu-ray and DVD versions of some of its films ...

Stunning picture and audio quality is only part of what the HD DVD format has to offer. The combination of HD video, interactivity, connectivity, and dynamic content integration is what enables HD DVD ...

THe battle between HD DVD and Blu-ray is firmly in the category of "old news." With the shift of Warner Brothers to the Blu-ray camp and the domino effect in terms of industry support that caused, ...

Was peace possible in the Blu-ray vs. HD DVD war? In the world according to Warren Lieberfarb, the schism between the two next-generation disc formats shouldn’t have happened. Before ...

With the release of the PlayStation 3 and other HD players some people have already made their choice, but it’s still too early to predict an outright winner. Not the least of all because Paramount ...

Time Warner’s Warner Bros. plans to announce a high definition disc at CES that combines both the Blu-ray and HD DVD formats. In other words, the disc—called Total HD—will come with both Blu-ray and ...

One side of the ongoing recordable DVD format battle is expected to be first with products that nearly double the amount of data held on one disc. But that victory may not put an end to the feud. The ...

I purchased a DVD writer to back up large quantities of data. Nero gives me the option of making three types of discs, as mentioned in the title (as well as DVD boot, DVD video, etc., but I don't need ...