Get the latest tech news

Sony is killing off recordable Blu-ray, bidding farewell to disc burning


In an interview Sony gave to AV Watch recently, the company admitted it's going to "gradually end development and production" of recordable Blu-rays and other optical disc...

For home videographers and data hoarders who still rely on optical discs for archiving, some bad news just dropped: Sony is winding down production of recordable Blu-ray media. In an interview Sony gave to AV Watch recently, the company admitted it's going to "gradually end development and production" of recordable Blu-rays and other optical disc formats at its Tagajo City plants in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. The specific shut-down date is still TBD, but consumer disc sales will continue "for the time being" until current stocks run out at retailers.

Get the Android app

Or read this on r/technology

Read more on:

Photo of Sony

Sony

Photo of Ray

Ray

Photo of Farewell

Farewell

Related news:

News photo

The makers of Palworld have formed a new company in partnership with Sony

News photo

Sony reveals the more vlogger-friendly ZV-E10 II

News photo

The Sony ZV-E10 II is a camera for vertical video content creators