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

So, let's have a moment of silence for Sony's last Japanese manufacturing plant producing a number of optical media formats.

But fear not, data hoarders. Two companies have stepped up to reassure the Japanese market that they'll keep producing high-quality optical media: Verbatim and I-O Data.

From a Michael Mann classic to another from Quentin Tarantino, here are eight great new Blu-ray and DVD releases that came out in January.

Sony is relaxing its account requirement on the PC: several single-player titles should be playable without a PSN account, including "Marvel's Spider-Man 2". Sony has shown itself to be at least a ...

Add a description, image, and links to the sony-vegas-logo topic page so that developers can more easily learn about it.

The range of best Sony cameras just keeps getting bigger and better as Sony expands its camera offerings to more types of shooters in areas like sports, wildlife, travel, and fashion to video ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

The best 4K Blu-ray players deliver the ultimate picture ... now – you'll notice all our top picks are from Panasonic and Sony, apart from the more niche options – but there are models across ...