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 ...

Want your data to outlive you by a few centuries? M-Disc optical media, with its super-stable data layer, is what you're looking for. You’re done with optical discs as a means of data and media ...

An optical-storage standards group has taken a step forward in efforts to improve compatibility between PCs and consumer electronics devices. The Optical Storage Technology Association (OSTA) on ...

Have you ever wondered just how amazing it would be to store your data on an optical disc for 1,000 years? Probably not, considering a) it's not remotely possible right now and 2) that's an awful lot ...

Just for practice I burned about 2.5 gigs of data to a DVD+RW last night using a burn folder. It worked nicely despite my initial concern that it would write the aliases rather than the actual data to ...

Forward-looking: As consumers increasingly turn toward digital distribution and data center operators try various storage methods, optical discs haven't stopped evolving. A recently published paper ...

TOKYO – Sony Corp. will launch a new optical disc format in November that allows for storage of up to 23.3GB per disc, the company said Tuesday. The format, called Professional Disc for Data, is being ...

Compressing files is the optimum way to maximize the amount of data you can get on a disc. If you have a video file that's larger than the disc you want to burn it to, Windows DVD Maker handles the ...

The scientists increased the capacity by leaps and bounds using an optical disc with a 3D planar recording architecture, which uses a highly transparent, uniform photoresist film doped with ...

GE Global Research, the technology development arm of General Electric Co., said today it has made a breakthrough in holographic optical disc storage, claiming that its researchers have developed ...

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.

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.