Dynabook and NEC revive optical drives in modern laptops, blending nostalgia with high-performance processors, high-res ...

Once expected to replace DVDs as the dominant physical media format, Blu-ray never quite reached the same level of success.

As of February 2025, Sony will no longer manufacture and distribute blank recordable Blu-ray Discs. When you consider that Best Buy stopped selling physical media in 2024 and Target is about to pull ...

There was a time when Blu-ray discs reigned supreme, but the era of physical media now firmly exists in the shadow of digital streaming services like Netflix, Disney+, and Amazon Prime.

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 ...

Sony Corp. has said it will stop producing recordable Blu-ray discs as of next month, in what is the latest blow to the physical media industry. The announcement came via a short statement on Sony’s ...

Sony has announced it is ending Blu-ray media production, along with MiniDiscs, MiniDiscs data and miniDV tape, just months after it got rid of its 5.5TB Optical Disc Archive cartridge.

Fans of physical media—myself included—tend to be a morbid bunch, dwelling on the rise of streaming while bemoaning the steady decline of Blu-ray, the home-media format of choice for cinephiles.

In the announcement the media giant stated it is ending production of recordable Blu-ray Disc media, as well as recordable mini discs, MD data discs, and mini DV cassettes in February. The company ...

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. The Blu-ray pioneer also confirmed that there ...

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 ...