General Electric says it has achieved a breakthrough in digital storage technology that will allow standard-size discs to hold the equivalent of 100 DVDs. The storage advance, which G.E. is announcing on Monday, is just a laboratory success at this stage. The new technology must be made to work in products that can be mass-produced [...]
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Netflix Provides a Service Other Campanies Could Learn From
I became a subscriber to Netflix shortly after they started renting out DVDs years ago. For about a year I was a member and the experience was nice. I cancelled my subscription for reasons I can’t remember now and over the years watched as they grew larger and larger. I remember reading the news about [...]
VHS Isn’t Dead Yet
Wal-Mart doesn’t carry them. Best Buy gave up on them a couple of years ago. VHS is dead to new movies, but the format is still alive but dying. Not many people are recording on DVD like they did with VHS and not many record on VHS that much any more. Over the years people [...]
The Beginning Experience of Blue-Ray not the Same as DVD
I remember back in 1997 when DVDs had just started to come out walking into Wal-Mart and there, well, not being any. When I asked the staff about these illusive discs would say they never heard of a DVD and I would be given that look of despair on their face. I still receive the [...]
Lite-On eSAU208-31 USB DVD-R Recorder
I just received one of these recorders. I have to say that so far I’m impressed. The drive is very small and thin making it easy to throw in a bag with your laptop. Hook up was incredibly easy since there is only a USB and power cord to connect. After the connections are made, [...]