Tag archive: compatibility

Sony's PlayStation 3 is scheduled to go on sale in Europe March 23, but even as the company ramps up for the console's launch, news comes that design changes to the PS3 for Europe may mean reduced backward compatibility with some PlayStation 2 titles. In a statement, Sony said PS3 systems in Europe incorporate a "new hardware specification" and that the company "won't concentrate on PS2 backwards… Read More

In addition, the RDVDC announced that market research conducted by TSR show that DVD camcorders are one of the fastest growing segments of the entire recordable DVD market, and that sales of consumer DVD recorders, writers (PC drives/burners) and camcorders have more than doubled in size over the past year.  The TSR studies indicate that consumers have begun to embrace recordable DVD and move beyond simple Set-Top-Box (STB) recorders… Read More