The gigabyte-size MO drives in 2002 sold for about $400 in 2001 (roughly $721 today), whereas the first 4.7 GB DVD-RAM drives sold in 1998 for $500-$800, with blank discs costing $30 for single ...

Panasonic, the leading global manufacturer of consumer electronics and home appliances, has announced that it will launch Write-Once Blu-ray Discs (BD-R) with 4x writing speed in the Middle East.

I took the disc out and popped it directly into a Panasonic DMR-E60 DVD recorder/player (with RAM there’s no need for finalization). The video displayed on a 36-inch 4:3 Toshiba HDTV was, for ...

Single-sided 1.4GB RAM discs, good for 30 minutes of high quality footage, cost around $9 each, while DVD-Rs can be had for around a buck. A double-sided 2.8GB disc will set you back around $15.

Sony and Panasonic have announced a new technology that can make Blu-ray discs a thing of the past. However, you might need to wait a year more to see it in real life.

A growing number of laptop computers are shipping without CD, DVD, or Blu-ray drives, but the optical disc drive may have some life left in it. Sony and Panasonic have announced a new platform ...

Though Blu-ray isn't as popular as DVD once was -- mostly thanks to streaming and cloud services -- the duo appears to be treating Archival Discs as the Blu-ray's follow-up.

Panasonic drives are DVD-RAM (instead of DVD-ROM), which means you might have trouble sharing discs with your friends, but the medium is arguably more versatile for writing and rewriting thousands ...

Panasonic is also bundling the movie with other offers such as Panasonic’s Essential Kit (3D Avatar Blu-ray Disc plus 2 pairs of 3D eyewear) and with purchase of select Panasonic Full HD. 3D Plasma ...

Panasonic DMR-EX89 review from the experts at What Hi-Fi ... with the ability to save content to disc and, of course, play DVDs, a DVD/HDD recorder is still the only one-box ... upscale DVDs to 1080p ...

Panasonic DMR-EX768 review from the experts at What Hi-Fi? - compare latest prices, see user reviews, and see DMR-EX768 specs and features. ... When it comes to disc compatibility you can take your ...