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To provide you with an overview on New And existing technologies, hopefully helping you understand the changes in the technology. Together with the overviews we hope to bring topical issues to light from a series of independent reviewers saving you the time And hassle of fact finding over the web.

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TekSpek Optical Drives
Blu-ray
Blu-ray
Date Issued: 03/12/2008

Blu-ray Disc is now widely regarded as the physical successor to DVD, we take a closer look at what it is, what advantages it brings, and what it could mean to you.

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HD-DVD
HD-DVD
Date Issued: 14/06/2008

After nearly a decade of DVD dominance, optical disc formats are undergoing another revolutionary change. With DVDs offering insufficient storage for high definition content, a new optical format was required. Unfortunately, two competing formats have been developed instead – HD-DVD and Blu-ray. In this article, we explain why we need HD opticals, and the differences between the two competitors.

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