• HD DVD Price Cut Shakes Up Format Wars How will Toshiba's sub-$100 sell-off of HD DVD players impact the high-def format war?
• Finally, Technology for Legally Burning Copy-Protected Content New Qflix standard will enable do-it-yourself disc burning from downloads, plus on-demand burning at store kiosks.
• Why No One Wins in the High-Def Format War What does Paramount's defection to HD DVD mean for consumers? Nothing good.
• What's Next for DVD High-def may be hot, but DVD is hardly dead. We look at the latest burners and players.
• High-Def Format Wars: The Summer Skirmishes Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD vendors are competing with price cuts and new features as the high-def format war begins its second year.
• High-Def Playback: The Firmware Gotcha As new titles become more innovative, existing players scramble to keep up.
• High-Def Format Drama The latest salvos--and news--in the ongoing struggle between Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD.
• AACS Attacks: What Do They Mean? Why you should care--and the implications for the future.
• Blu-ray, HD DVD: Which Movies Do You Want to Watch? The format war may come down to which format has wider studio support. Part one in our look at the direction Hollywood is going.
• What's Next for Disc Labeling? We talk to the originators of LightScribe to find out what lies ahead for the popular label-etching technology.
• New HD Disc Titles, New HD Disc Technology Studios announce aggressive next-gen release schedules, and Warner introduces its format-bridging Total HD disc.
• Blu-ray: Frequently Asked Questions Answers to the most common and mystifying questions about this new optical disc format.
• Burning Questions: PS3--The Blu-ray Movie Experience How does the PlayStation 3 stack up as a movie player? We kicked back with the controller and popcorn to find out.
• Burning Questions: HD DVD Burning--Soon, but Not Yet Recording devices are on the horizon, and we finally have some ship dates.
• Burning Questions: What You Need to Know About Blu-ray Burners Before you buy, carefully check the specs on the first wave of Blu-ray Disc burners.
• Burning Questions: Burn Discs on the Road Portable DVD burners are slick, but you'll have to trade off performance for size.
• Burning Questions: Hands On With the First Blu-ray Disc Player The debut of Samsung's BD-P1000 is the latest salvo in the DVD format wars. How will it tip the balance?
• Burning Questions: Blu-ray vs. HD DVD--Which Has the Early Edge? The next-generation disc formats are here--and so are hints of where the format war is going.
• Burning Questions: Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD Arrive We demystify, test, and make recommendations on the next generation of DVD products.
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