Sony will cease production of various physical media in February. These include Blu-ray recordable disks, MiniDV ...

Sony is shutting down its Blu-ray production in February. Along with this, MiniDiscs and MiniDV cassettes will be retired. In ...

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BD-R was also briefly popular as a data archiving format but as HDD and SSD drive capacities have increased and prices have plummeted, BD-R lost its appeal for data storage. Sony BDZ-FTB4200 Blu-ray ...

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But over 18 years after its worldwide debut, one of the biggest companies that oversaw Blu-ray’s development announced a milestone phaseout: As of February 2025, Sony will no longer manufacture ...

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 ...

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 ...

In today’s Tech Bytes, it’s the end of an era for Sony. The company has announced that it will cease production of blank Blu-ray discs after 18 years. Joining them on the chopping block are ...

Stock of Sony's detachable 4K Blu-ray drive accessory is drying up ahead of the PS5 Pro's launch in Novemeber. Take a nail out of that coffin; 4K Blu-ray is fighting back against streaming according ...