Most optical discs are a standard 12cm in diameter, are round, and besides some potential manufacturing incompatibilities with certain optical drives, are expected to load and be recognized in most ...

LANCASTER, Pa. (WHTM) – Lancaster is known for many things from being the home of Pennsylvania’s Amish Country, boasting acres of beautiful farmland and tasty whoopie pies. A lesser-known association ...

The Mini-Disc never caught on in the U.S. But during the 1990s, the format did in its native Japan, where MD isn’t yet dead. Launching in 1991, MD was the coolest format. It was like a compact disc, ...

Entertainment Media Expo Booth 302, — August 23, 2005 –Advanced Media, Inc., is pleased to announce brisk sales of its 8cm mini-DVD discs. The discs have been a strong addition to the popular RIDATA™ ...

Apple iPod chief Tony Fadell has develop a collapsable hardware solution that would allow his company to reduce shipping and packaging costs by selling software on smaller discs which could then be ...

Apple has issued a patent application for an adapter to convert mini CD/DVD-ROMs to standard 12 cm size for use in slot-loading drives found on many of Apple's computer models. Apple points out that ...

A DVD disc 80mm in diameter. Using the same platter size as the mini CD, mini DVDs hold 1.4GB of video compared to 4.7GB for the regular 120mm DVD. A few camcorders were built that recorded onto mini ...

What is a compact disc (CD)? A Compact Disc (CD) is an optical disc used to store digital data. CD-ROMs and CD-Rs remain widely used technologies in the computer industry.CD-ROM drives employ a ...

FiiO has more priors in this area than just about any other audio brand. Not only does it have the cassette-inspired Snowsky ...

Back in the 1980s, Peter Giles knew that the fledgling music format, the compact disc, came with some compromises. CDs were smaller than vinyl record albums. That meant the end of the 12-inch album ...

The compact disc gave us our first taste of digital music – and we liked it. Upon its arrival in the U.S. in March 1983, the sleek 4.7-inch plastic and aluminum disc – about the size of a drink ...