Neowin News Feed for: Discs

Physical game sales are dying off in the UK, according to ERA

Paul Hill — Tue, 10 Jan 2023 09:20:01 +0000

Digital video sales are now the main way people in the UK acquire games according to the digital entertainment and retail association (ERA). It's important to note these figures include mobile games. Read more...

Court rules that Microsoft must face class action claims alleging Xbox 360 design flaw

Andy Weir — Thu, 19 Mar 2015 13:52:01 +0000

A US appeals court has ruled that Microsoft must face class action claims alleging a design defect in its Xbox 360 console, which is said to cause damage to game discs, rendering them unusable. Read more...

Xbox One can play DVD-Rs but not recordable Blu-Ray discs

John Callaham — Sun, 01 Dec 2013 22:38:58 +0000

A new article says that the Xbox One can play content that has been burned on DVD-R discs but not on recordable Blu-Ray (BD-R) disc mediums, which leaves out legitimate content burned on those discs. Read more...

Microsoft: Used Xbox One disc games can be given to friends, with restrictions

John Callaham — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 22:34:56 +0000

Microsoft has announced people who buy Xbox One disc games can give used discs to anyone who is on a person's Xbox One friends list for at least 30 days. However, each game can only be given once. Read more...

Early Halo 3 Limited Edition Owners Receive Scratched Discs

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 04:47:39 +0000

Unofficial reports from lucky early owners of the Halo 3 Limited Edition found that unlike the regular Xbox 360 green game boxes, the Halo 3 Limited Edition ships in a black tin box with center... Read more...

Warner Bros. Says Total HD Discs "Hard" to Push

Sun, 16 Sep 2007 20:43:12 +0000

Even though dual-format high-definition discs could end the war between Blu-ray and HD DVD formats, Warner Home Video says that it will be rather hard for a single studio to push its disc type with... Read more...

Microholography milks 500GB out of DVD-sized discs

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 21:45:56 +0000

A group of scientists working together with the Institute of Optics and Optical Technologies at the Technical University of Berlin claim to have discovered a way to store 500GB worth of data on DVD-sized discs.... Read more...

Panasonic Speeds Up Writing To Blu-ray Discs

Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:24:59 +0000

Panasonic has introduced a write-once Blu-ray disc with a 4x writing speed, faster than any other high-definition disc, available in 25GB and 50GB (dual layer). The consumer electronics company plans to release the former this... Read more...

Discs of Tron coming to Xbox Live Arcade

Todd Tanner — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:56:09 +0000

TeamXbox has a small blurb revealing that the Arcade classic Discs of Tron will be making it to Xbox Live Arcade sometime this year from Disney Interactive (Disney released the original Tron movie as well).... Read more...

5 Million Pirated Discs in Asia-Pacific Sting

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 22:18:16 +0000

Operation Trident consisted of 1,874 raids which resulted in the seizing of nearly 5 million pirated discs and the arrest of 870 people during a two-month anti-piracy operation. The large-scale operation targeted pirate production facilities,... Read more...

Sony Gives Blu-Ray Discs for Free: Blu-Ray Outsells HD DVD

Sun, 04 Feb 2007 23:12:34 +0000

According to a study by market tracking agency Nielsen VideoScan, Blu-ray movie sales have surpassed HD DVD movies sales in the USA thanks to Sony bundling some PlayStation 3 game machines with a BD movie... Read more...

No Boot Clean Installs Using Windows Vista Upgrade Discs

Sun, 28 Jan 2007 21:52:55 +0000

Although it has been discussed to death here, some official coverage on the front page is needed. Thanks to Ambiance for posting a direct response from Microsoft about the issue. Unlike with the Windows... Read more...

4x 8x DVD discs being passed off as 16-18x

Jerry Grey — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 07:51:05 +0000

According to a DigiTimes reporter quoting "industry sources"; media that are in reality, 8x and 4x DVD+R/-R discs, are now being passed off as 16x and 8x respectively and the problem seems to be on... Read more...

New Research Promises 50TB on DVD-size Discs

Wed, 12 Jul 2006 15:23:43 +0000

According to professor V Renugopalakrishnanof Harvard's Medical School in Boston, the research he and his team are workingon promises storage capacities of up to 50TB(50,000GB) on a disc the... Read more...

Blank Blu ray discs shipped

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 15:18:04 +0000

JAPAN'S TDK has started flogging blank Blu-ray discs to retailers and they cost as much as a top quality recorded DVD movie. The 25GB recordable disc will set you back $19.95 with a rewritable version... Read more...

GameFly won't fly with scratched discs

Tue, 03 Jan 2006 10:27:45 +0000

According to various online sources, GameFly members who have recentlyrented Xbox 360 games and returned them scratched have been getting notices informing them about the current issue with the Xbox 360 damaging discs and what... Read more...

Holographic Discs Set for Next Year

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:15:02 +0000

The first holographic discs, jointly developed by InPhase Technologies and Hitachi and capable of storing up to 300GB per disc, will go on sale in late 2006. The technology is capable of theoretical... Read more...

The Hidden Risks of Demo Discs

Mon, 06 Dec 2004 15:48:31 +0000

In mid-November, members of Sony's PlayStation Underground received the Holiday Demo Disc and discovered that after executing one of the game demos on the disc, their PS2 memory cards were completely erased. While that doesn't... Read more...

New Coating Makes 2-Sided Discs Label-Friendly

Mon, 29 Nov 2004 08:47:51 +0000

Until recently, it was impossible to add text or graphics to the outside of dual-sided discs due to the fact that it contains optical data on both sides. Aside from the inner ring of the... Read more...

Sony's Blu-Ray Discs to Have Half the Production Cost of DVD

Thu, 02 Sep 2004 14:33:55 +0000

Sony announced yesterday that it has developed Blu-Ray (BD) disc production technology that will be enable the company to produce Blu-Ray discs at half the cost of DVDs. Instead of using glass plates for production... Read more...

New holographic discs look like a DVD but hold a terabyte

Fri, 27 Aug 2004 07:34:08 +0000

Optware Corp., the developer of Collinear Holographic* Data Storage System, announced today that it had achieved successfully world's first recording and play back of digital movies on a holographic recording disc with a reflective layer... Read more...

When Good Discs Go Bad

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 15 Jun 2004 09:46:24 +0000

Burning CDs and DVDs is the easy part. your data will be there when you go back to it days, months, or even years later--well, that's a bit harder. Not all discs are created equal,... Read more...

Verbatim Spins Out Dual-Layer DVD+R Discs

Sun, 23 May 2004 05:02:33 +0000

The first dual-layer DVD+R recording media are set to go on sale in Japan at the end of this month and in the U.S. in June, says disc maker Mitsubishi Kagaku Media. The... Read more...

Sony beams in blue laser discs

Mon, 26 Apr 2004 19:16:35 +0000

Sony debuted on Monday optical storage discs that use blue-laser technology to hold more data and that offer improved durability. The Sony Professional Disc for Data, which targets the business market worldwide,... Read more...

Lead Data to begin shipping 8x DVD-R discs in February

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 21 Jan 2004 09:29:17 +0000

Lead Data, a second-tier producer of optical storage discs in Taiwan, will begin deliveries of blank 8x DVD-R discs to a Japanese client in February. The client is one of the world's top five optical... Read more...

8.5GB DVD+R discs, drives to ship April '04

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 03 Nov 2003 16:04:59 +0000

Expect double-layer, almost double-capacity DVD+R drives and media to hit the stores next April, members of the DVD+RW alliance say. The technology, co-developed by drive maker Philips, and media specialists Verbatim and Mitsubishi Kagaku, adds... Read more...

Prices for CD-R discs continue to rise in 4Q

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 03 Oct 2003 20:18:39 +0000

Three major optical storage disc makers in Taiwan – Ritek, CMC Magnetics (CMC) and Prodisc Technology – have all raised their CD-R disc prices starting in October, according to the companies. While CMC and Prodisc... Read more...

Top three Taiwan producers poised to make 8x DVD+R/-R discs

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 22 Sep 2003 13:04:04 +0000

Taiwan-based Ritek, CMC Magnetics (CMC) and Prodisc Technology could begin volume production of 8x-speed DVD+R/-R discs as early as next month, according to sources. The global DVD+R and DVD-R market is currently dominated by 4x... Read more...

Matsushita: 1.5 Terabyte Discs

Sun, 22 Dec 2002 19:16:40 +0000

Thanks to episode for this article. Great Stuff! It is generation optical disc development one after another, such as Matsushita and Osaka University. Matsushita Electric Industrial, Ricoh, Osaka University, etc. set about... Read more...

TDK to launch 90 min recordable discs

Fri, 06 Dec 2002 07:21:12 +0000

Thanks to nekrosoft13 for posting in BPN. TDK is the first mainstream brand to support heavy data users with the launch of 90 minute recordable discs. TDK Recording... Read more...

BBC Domesday book/video discs resurrected

Tue, 03 Dec 2002 20:02:29 +0000

OK, hands up in the Neowin crowd those that actually played with this rather innovative interractive video disc doohickey what-ya-ma-call-it... I did and can actually remember it quite fondly... played with it for... Read more...

Microsoft: Xbox is not scratching discs

Darren Bolton — Mon, 04 Mar 2002 15:47:27 +0000

Microsoft, whose Xbox game machine debuted in Japan 10 days ago, said Monday that several Xbox users had reported that the console was scratching game discs, but there was no need to recall the hardware... Read more...