http://www.ecoustics.com/latest/articles Latest articles, updated every five minutes http://www.ecoustics.com/tl/10284/ Disc type ... Tue, 14 Dec 2004 10:13:17 -0500 http://www.ecoustics.com/tl/10282/ There can never seem to be a single standard that all electronics operate on, at least in the beginning. Looking back to the original format war between Beta and VHS, it's no wonder why people are afraid to adopt new technologies. In the Beta-VHS war, many who sided with the Beta camp lost big, especially when support for Beta dwindled as VHS took over. Keeping that tradition alive, DVD has had its fair share of conflict throughout the formats inception. The first battle DVD fought was with Divx, a controversial pay-per-play DVD format backed by Circuit City. The war was short lived, but there are many early adopters with a small library of Divx discs that serve as high-tech coasters. When the DVD format was first unveiled, it was without a doubt that recordable DVDs were not going to be far behind. Thinking back to the easy transition into recordable CDs, it was hoped that recordable DVD discs would be just as easy to use, and offer the same level of enjoyment. DVD-R recorders were first introduced to computers in the fall of 1997, but four other formats followed over the next five years. Shopping for a DVD recorder, or ... Tue, 14 Dec 2004 10:13:17 -0500