Sony has announced that as of February 2025, it’s no longer going to manufacture four types of recordable media: Blu-ray Disc media ... Sony derived from its MiniDisc platform — seems to ...

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 ...

Sony has announced that it will cease production of all Blu-ray discs, MiniDiscs, MD Data, and MiniDV cassettes starting in February 2025. The decision stems from declining demand for these ...

In addition to Blu-ray, Sony’s announcement also affects the MiniDisc — the compact disc format Sony made in 1992 as an alternative to more fragile cassettes and unwieldy CDs. This might make ...

Sony ends It's BD production. It's not looking good for the future of physical media. It's a shame; I was hoping to pick up a player and a bunch of used discs after ...

recordable Blu-ray discs in Japan. 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 ...

The big picture: Sony, LG, Panasonic, and retailers in general have been gradually withdrawing from the Blu-ray business for years as consumers increasingly favor streaming and other forms of ...

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 ...

Sony has announced that it will cease production of Blu-ray discs next month. In a statement shared by the company, it announced that "Blu-ray disc media, recording mini discs, recording MD data, mini ...