Verbatim has pledged to continue supporting the recordable optical media market in Japan after Sony's manufacturing closure.

Blu-ray is not going away just yet as pre-recorded Blu-ray Disc movies and content distributed by movie studios and independent creators are not directly affected by Sony’s announcement. But let’s ...

Sony has announced that as of February 2025, it’s no longer going to manufacture four types of recordable media: Blu-ray Disc ...

Sony is ending production of recordable Blu-ray, MiniDisc and MD Data disc media, along with MiniDV cassettes, the company ...

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

Sony says it will stop manufacturing blank Blu-ray discs for the Japanese market along with MiniDiscs and MiniDV cassettes ...

It's another sore day for physical media fans. After an 18-year run, the media giant is leaving the Blu-ray game.

Blu-ray has been on a slow decline ever since. Sony hinted at changes to its disc operations last year, saying it would "gradually end development and production" of recordable optical disc formats.

Sony is officially ending production of recordable Blu-rays. In an announcement from Japan spotted by Tom’s Hardware, Sony ...

The end of an era came via a short release in the Announcements List on Sony’s Japanese website. Translated to English, the ...

Sony has announced that it will cease production of Blu-ray discs next month. In a statement shared by the company, it ...

Sony will cease its production of all models of Blu-ray discs along with other recordable disc media in February 2025.