Disc of Joy: Twenty years ago, a large coalition of technology manufacturers backed a potentially revolutionary optical disc format. Like VHS and Betamax before it, the technology had to fight through ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blu-ray disc. A major development in the production of optical discs has happened this week. Scientists at the University of ...

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.

Sony wants movie studios to make films available in the Blu-ray format, and now, the company’s helping them out with a new Blu-ray Disc development application called Blu-print. It’s not a completely ...

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, ...

Like with much of physical media, the onslaught against optical media is ongoing. In the latest hit against physical media fans, LG has discontinued its remaining Blu-ray players. However, this ...