People will soon be able to record their own DVD movies without shelling out money for a new computer. Pioneer plans to start selling around May an add-on version of its drive that can play and record ...

(1) A recordable or rewritable DVD drive that is connected to the computer. It may be an internal or external device. See DVD drives, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R and DVD+RW. (2) A stand-alone DVD player for ...

Hoping to spur demand by reducing consumers’ confusion about DVD recording, a growing number of consumer-electronics companies are shifting to DVD recorders that can handle both of the leading formats ...