A majority of U.S. households now know what a Blu-ray Disc is, while the number of households with a high-definition disc player has crossed the 10 million threshold, a new study shows. By Thomas K.

In early 2006, two new high-definition videodisc formats, HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc, are expected to begin vying for the attention of consumers in an effort to replace current DVD as the future standard ...

After months of spear shaking on both sides, the first skirmishes in the high-definition disc format wars have begun. In early May, I looked at Toshibas chosen format, HD DVD. Today, I present the ...

At Twentieth Century Fox Studios on November 29, the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) gave an update on their blue laser technology. BDA felt that it was time to highlight its progress in bringing ?the ...

— -- The end of the high-definition disc war seems in sight, say industry observers, with major studio Warner Bros. jumping to the Blu-ray Disc camp and leaving the competing HD DVD format with a ...

Two decades after its splashy debut at CES, Blu-ray is still spinning in living rooms, even as streaming dominates the way people watch movies and shows. The format has slipped from the mainstream, ...

Warner Bros. gave its dual-format high-definition disc, called Total Hi Def (THD), a formal sendoff at International CES. Several days prior to the show, Warner Bros. announced plans to begin ...

SHANGHAI -- The Blu-ray/HD-DVD war is over, right? Maybe not in China. Shanghai United Optical Disc said Tuesday that it has completed the first production line for China Blue High-definition Disc. By ...

Port Washington, N.Y. — Among those who currently own HDTVs, 52 percent are familiar with the availability of high-definition DVD players, but only 11 percent expressed strong intentions to buy one in ...

The Walt Disney Co. and its Buena Vista Home Entertainment division have thrown their support behind the Blu-ray high-definition disc format, providing another big name for Blu-ray backers to attach ...