Eindhoven, Netherlands — Philips Electronics is spinning what it calls an “all-speed” DVD+R disk capable of recording data up to 16x speeds. Scheduled for retail launch at the end of August in the U.S ...

AMSTERDAM -- Philips Electronics NV unveiled an optical disk drive for use in computers that can burn and play CDs and DVDs in three formats, including the new Blu-ray standard. The drive, to be ...

HP and Philips today announced that their Video Content Protection System (VCPS), formerly called Vidi, has received approval from the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and will ...

Philips plans to show a Blu-ray disc drive at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that has backwards compatibility with CDs and DVDs. Currently still a prototype, the device reads and ...

These days, very few of us use optical media on the regular. If we do, it’s generally with a slot-loading console or car stereo, or an old-school tray-loader in a desktop or laptop. This has been the ...