Sony to end production of recordable Blu-ray discs

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 announces it's no longer making recordable Blu-Rays — here's what to know
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