DVD vs. Blu-ray looks like a simple size upgrade, but the real gap between the two formats hides in the light and the numbers ...

Netflix announced today in its first-quarter earnings letter — and in a note to, well, everyone — that it will stop shipping DVDs on September 29, 2023. That’s a big deal because Netflix has had its ...

The iconic red envelopes will be disappearing from mailboxes in September. By Alex Weprin Senior Editor It’s the end of an era for Netflix. Twenty-five years after the company was founded, Netflix ...

I vastly improved the picture quality of my home video DVD collection, and I did it all in a single afternoon and without ...

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 ...

Verity is Pocket-lint's former Reviews Editor. She has been a technology journalist for more than 15 years, first joining Pocket-lint in 2008 as a staff writer, before taking on staff roles at Stuff, ...

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 ...

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While DVD and Blu-ray dominate today’s world, VHS tapes ruled supreme in the ’80s and ’90s. It wasn’t uncommon for families to document birthday parties, holidays, sporting events, and other big ...

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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 ...