Despite some initial reports, Sony isn't shutting down all Blu-ray production. But it is getting out of the recordable disc business. If you're a home cinema fan, Sony's delivered some bad news. The ...

Sony’s three-sentence press release confirmed similar death dates for its blank MiniDisc, MD data, and MiniDV cassettes. The ...

Sony's announcement comes barely a month after LG discontinued its Blu-ray players (though it left the door ever-so-slightly ajar for a comeback of the market dictates). And Samsung abandoned its ...

Sony is going to cancel the production of recordable Blu-Ray discs, as well as mini-disc products, due to low performing ...

When the company announced the end of BD-R production last year, LG followed suit by exiting the Blu-ray player market a few months later. Currently, Sony and Panasonic are the last remaining ...

There have been questions regarding its future, especially considering that the current lineup of 4K Blu-ray players (almost entirely manned by Sony and Pansonic, aside from some specialist brands ...

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 ...

DVD and Blu-ray sales fell 26 percent last year. The Sony announcement is just the latest gut punch for Blu-ray fans. It comes on the back of LG revealing that it’s not making new Blu-ray players ...

Sony was instrumental in popularizing Blu-ray technology, especially with the PlayStation 3’s role as an affordable Blu-ray player. This announcement signifies the end of a significant chapter ...

Sony is discontinuing production of Blu-Ray discs after 18 years. Justin Sullivan/Getty Sony says it will stop manufacturing blank Blu-ray discs for the Japanese market along with MiniDiscs and ...

Blu-ray discs have been part of the digital media landscape for almost 20 years, but fewer and fewer people have optical ...

Sony has announced that it will cease its production of all models of its Blu-ray disc media, recordable MiniDiscs, recordable MD Data, and Mini DV Cassettes in February 2025. The company added ...