Working Together: Your Music, Movies, Photos on Your iPod, Cell Phone & PDA by Mike Valentine
Electronic device manufacturers and content producers have got to back away from the forest and see the light filtering throught the trees. Consumers want to control the content they purchase and want to be able to use their electronic devices together without restrictions placed on them. ... This also means I don't NEED my Pioneer DVD recorder - so their DRM which stops Tivo digitally recorded movies from recording to DVD means that I won't use that Pioneer DVD recorder and will now sell it. ... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/18/drm_consumer_opposition/ Obviously I'm not the only...

Blu-ray: A Primer by Kenny Hemphill
Blu-ray is an optical disc format which is set to rival HD-DVDin the race to be the de-facto standard storage medium for HDTV. The HD-DVD vs Blu-ray battle resembles that between Betamax and VHS and DVD+RW and DVD-RW. Currently, the major Hollywood film studios are split evenly in their... Like HD-DVD, Blue laser discs don’t require a caddy and the players and recorders will be able to play current DVD discs. ... It is likely that players will be very expensive initially, compared to DVD players.

Recordable DVD Formats Explained by Kenny Hemphill
Picking your way through the ton of information available on recordable DVD formats can be a nightmare. To help you out, we’ve done our best to distill it into this summary. There are five recordable versions of DVD; DVD-R for General, DVD-R for Authoring, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, and DVD+RW. ... Despite not being authorised by the DVD Forum, DVD+RW is claimed by its supporterd to be compatible with more DVD video players than DVD-R and DVD+RW writers are found in PCs from quite a few manufacturers.

CDR Media by Steve Valentino
A CD-R is essentially a compact disc that can be recorded only once. A CD-R cannot be over written or erased. Taiyo Yuden was the pioneer of the first original gold/green CD-R. Organic dyes are the essential building block of CD-R media, and provide a reflective layer. ... These include most DVD players and numerous car CD players. ... It is a comparatively inexpensive medium to store or record data and music. ... This is even more important if the CD-R media is to be purchased for the purpose of recording.

All About DVD Part 2: The Mess With Formats by Artem Chlegov
Getting familiar with recordable DVD formats Probably everyone nowadays had a need to transfer information between several PC's or make a backup copy of favorite movie. Recordable DVDs ( DVD-R s) serve this purpose very well, but it could be quite hard to get familiar with all the different... DVD+R Although it might seem strange, DVD+R was introduced by the same DVD+RWAlliance later than DVD+RW, namely in 2002, which is the reason why it is possible to encounter DVD drives that can work with DVD+RW but are totally incompatible with DVD+R .

A Peek Into the Near Future of Electronics Technology by Terry Mitchell
How long do you think DVDs have around? 20 years? 10 years? Actually, they have only been around for about seven years, but it seems like they have been around much longer. Many of us can hardly remember life before DVDs. That can be attributed to how rapidly we can become acclimated to some... The main sticking point now with DVD recorders is that not all of them will record/play all three of the competing formats: DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, DVD+RW. ... However, hybrid devices which combine DVRs/PVRs with a DVD player/recorder and/or VCR are now hitting the market.

History of Hewlett Packard and Ink by John Sollars
Hewlett Packard’s tryst with ink took off when it acquired a company named F.L Mosley based in California in 1958. Mosley was manufacturing recorders and plotters for industrial applications such as continuous process monitoring systems, data loggers and the like in the 1950’s. ... Hewlett Packard was the pioneer in imaging and printing technologies. ... However, they are also trying to get you to buy their product. ... Benefits of OEM Cartridges Many manufacturers recommend only using OEM cartridges with their printers to achieve the best results.