Sony is officially discontinuing the production of recordable Blu-ray discs, alongside recordable MiniDiscs, MD-Data, and MiniDV cassettes. This decision, effective February, marks the end of an era for optical disc recording. While pre-recorded Blu-rays remain unaffected, this change will impact consumers who use blank discs for personal recordings.
Sony is officially ending production of recordable Blu-rays. In an announcement from Japan spotted by Tom’s Hardware, Sony Storage Media Solutions said it will stop manufacturing the discs in February, alongside recordable MiniDiscs, MD-Data, and MiniDV cassettes, adding, “there will be no successor models.” This discontinuation doesn’t impact the Blu-rays you can buy with films or TV shows on them; it just affects the blank ones consumers use to record stuff on themselves with PCs or DVRs.
Sony hinted at the discontinuation last year, telling the Japanese outlet AVWatch that it would “gradually end development and production of ‘recordable optical disc media.’’ Sony has helped lead the production of Blu-ray since the very beginning. In 2000, the company showed off the first Blu-ray prototypes and later revealed its Blu-ray disc recorders in 2006. Like Sony, LG, Samsung, and Oppo have also started backing away from the format by ending the production of Blu-ray players.
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