For a brief period of time, optical discs were being produced with readable data on both sides - here's why they never gained ...

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The format war that could have changed home entertainment forever.

With the release of the PlayStation 3 and other HD players some people have already made their choice, but it’s still too early to predict an outright winner. Not the least of all because Paramount ...

Netflix will cease shipping DVDs in about a month, bringing to an end a service it offered years before it became the streaming giant it is today. The move to phase out its 25-year-old DVD rental ...

In October 2023, Best Buy announced the end of an era. The electronics retailer, seemingly the last national chain standing that carries a sizable selection of movies and TV shows on DVD and Blu-ray, ...

After a formidable 25-year run, Netflix has announced that it will shutter its DVD-to-mail rental service, DVD Netflix, aka DVD.com. Citing the shrinking DVD business, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos told ...

It was 20 years ago this month that consumer electronics companies Sony and Toshiba launched a new home video format called Digital Video Disc, or DVD. The format promised a four-fold increase in ...

The ability to hold a movie or several episodes of your favorite television with crystal clear picture and full surround sound has transformed how we enjoy our entertainment centers. Unfortunately, ...

Most modern laptops lack an optical drive, yet CDs and DVDs are still used in many households, whether for playing old movies, installing older software, or even for making physical backups. An ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Over the last 25 years, Netflix shipped more than 5 billion DVDs to millions of subscribers. The disc-by-mail ...

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