Sony is killing off its blank Blu-ray discs
Sony’s three-sentence press release confirmed similar death dates for its blank MiniDisc, MD data, and MiniDV cassettes. The company also made it clear that you shouldn’t expect any “successor models” to these formats from them. “We would like to express our sincere gratitude to our many customers for their patronage to date,” Sony wrote last week.
Sony Will Stop Producing Blank Blu-Ray Discs After 18 Years
Sony says it will stop manufacturing blank Blu-ray discs for the Japanese market along with MiniDiscs and MiniDV cassettes that could be used to save media in a physical format. W
Sony announces that it will officially end production of Blu-ray discs in February
This marks the end of an 18-year journey for the company after Blu-ray became commercially available to the masses in 2006. It follows a decision to end production of recordable B
Yes, Sony Is Cutting Recordable Blu-ray Disc Production and No, It Doesn’t Mean the End of Blu-ray
Blu-ray is not going away just yet as pre-recorded Blu-ray Disc movies and content distributed by movie studios and independent creators are not directly affected by Sony’s announcement. But let’s face it, as streaming continues to dominate, the writing is on the wall, at least for video media.
Tech Bytes: Sony is halting production of blank Blu-ray disks
Sony is going to cancel the production of recordable Blu-Ray discs, as well as mini-disc products, due to low performing sales. Meta plans to add advertisements to their social media app, Threads.
No, Sony Isn’t Ending Blu-ray Disc Production
Sony Japan announced that it will no longer manufacture or sell blank Blu-ray Discs in its home market. Several outlets misinterpreted the company's press release and incorrectly assumed that the Blu-ray format was discontinued—nope,
Sony Pushes Eject On Blu-Ray Disc Production After 18-Year Run, Is A Successor Coming?
Sony, one of the biggest proponents of the Blu-ray format, announced that it is ending production of all Blu-ray disc media. Same goes for MiniDiscs for recording, MD data for recording, and MiniDV cassettes.
Sony Will Stop Producing Blu-ray Discs in February 2025
Sony will cease its production of all models of Blu-ray discs along with other recordable disc media in February 2025.
Sony quits Blu-ray, MiniDV, and MiniDisc recordable media but don’t freak out
Sony has announced that as of February 2025, it’s no longer going to manufacture four types of recordable media: Blu-ray Disc media, MiniDiscs for recording, MD data for recording, and MiniDV cassettes,
Sony Just Delivered the Latest Gut Punch to Blu-ray Collectors
It's another sore day for physical media fans. After an 18-year run, the media giant is leaving the Blu-ray game.
Sony announces it's no longer making recordable Blu-Rays — here's what to know
Sony announced that the company is officially halting the production of recordable Blu-ray, MiniDisc and MD Data disc media as well as MiniDV cassettes. It's another step in the slow decline of physical media as Sony said that production of the optical media will end in February this year.
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Sony Ends Production of Recordable Blu-ray Discs
Blu-ray discs have been part of the digital media landscape for almost 20 years, but fewer and fewer people have optical drives to use them. As such, Sony doesn't see the need to keep pumping out ...
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Yellowstone Season 5 Part 2 Blu-ray & DVD Release Date Set for 3-Disc Set
Paramount Home Entertainment has announced the upcoming release of the Yellowstone Season 5 Part 2 Blu-ray and DVD for the ...