Remember the battle of Beta vs. VHS? A similar struggle looms next year with the introduction of two new digital formats based on the compact disc. Media research firm Paul Kagan Associates estimates ...

If optical discs are a dying breed, then why is that so many of us still seem to be searching for the best ways to produce them? Admittedly, the digital age has welcomed new methods for storing and ...

When you hear CD, do you think of compact disc or certificates of deposit — or civil defense? By now, most of us are familiar with the laser-read compact audio disc and think that first — but I often ...

An earlier Compact Disc format for full-motion video. Introduced in 1993 and developed by Panasonic, Philips, Sony and JVC, a Video CD (VCD) held 74 minutes of VHS-quality video and CD-quality sound ...

At first glance, the Terapin CD Video Recorder looks like an organo-tech prop from a David Cronenberg movie. But under the colorful, bulbous shell lies a bionic CD burner. Both audio and video can be ...

Replay: It's long been a dream to have one home video format to rule them all. Unfortunately everybody has the same idea, and so format wars are inevitable. Phil Rhodes takes a further look at the ...

There’s a good chance your next computer won’t have an optical drive (that would be the place on the side of your laptop where you insert discs). For those already immersed in technology, losing the ...

On October 1, 1982, Sony ignited a digital audio revolution with the release of the world’s first commercial compact disc player, the CDP-101 (above), in Japan. It signaled the dawn of a new audio ...

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. The compact disc, or simply the CD as its most commonly referred to these days, turned 30 years old ...