Blu-ray officially lands; HD-DVD on shaky ground.

A preview of Samsung's first Blu-ray player, and the technology that drives it.

Blu-ray and HD DVD players will come out fighting this year. We reveal which format is best placed to be DVD’s successor.

The future of storage is expensive, for now. That aside, how do Blu Ray drives compare to DVD drives?

The format wars continue as Blu Ray comes to a monster laptop at a monster price.

Toshiba has now introduced a laptop with a HD-DVD drive. And gave us details on HD-DVD.

You still get a lot for your money, but HD optical burning only extends to data discs

Sharp are finalising plans to commercially produce quad and triple layer Blu-ray discs capable of 100GB and 8x read speeds using new disc materials and improved laser technologies

MovieIQ will add movie information to scenes to allow you to work out just what "that guy" was in without having to get off the sofa

Don't throw out your old Blu-ray players just yet! You'll still be able to play 2D content from 3D Blu-ray discs

The uptake of Blu-ray drives by PC users will not be picking up any time soon, according to analysts..

Blu-Ray in your pocket? Well, not quite, but Panasonic's DMP-B15 certainly ranks as one of the most portable Blu-Ray players we've ever seen.

A new report is predicting that sales of Blu-ray discs will top 100 million by the end of 2009..

CHINA'S FIRST Blu-Ray disc factory has gone into production in the port city of Shanghai.

$349 seems cheap, but is there a catch, or just good value? We look at one of the cheapest Blu-Ray players on the market to date.

Blu-ray writers are more affordable than ever. We look at four internal models to find the best way to go high-def. The last time we did a round-up of optical drives, the former war was in full swing. But now Blu-ray has at last seen off HD DVD and taken its place as the industry standard for high-capacity optical media.

What's the best Blu-Ray player on the market? Our quick shopping guide to features to look for, compatiblity issues, connectivity, and our top pick.

Impressive and free antivirus and antispyware package

Add high-definition reading and writing capabilities to your PC with a Blu-ray drive, or save money with a plain DVD writer

Skeptics be dammed - BluRay is kicking along just nicely thanks, in fact better than DVD did in its early years.