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Re:Sony ends production of Blu-ray, MiniDisc, and MiniDV med... by loganhood on Saturday January 25, 2025 @06:41PM (#42826125)
This isn't the end of production of all Blu-ray media, right? just consumer-writable Blu-rays?
Re:Sony ends production of Blu-ray, MiniDisc, and MiniDV med... by layer8 on Saturday January 25, 2025 @07:07PM (#42826309)
The page only says “Blu-ray Disc media” without further qualification. Only MiniDisc is qualified as “recordable” on the page.

That being said, there are other Blu-ray Disc manufacturers, and I don’t see the production of Blu-ray discs ending anytime soon. There are new titles being released all the time: https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/releasedates.php

Re:Sony ends production of Blu-ray, MiniDisc, and MiniDV med... by TylerE on Saturday January 25, 2025 @07:42PM (#42826550)
The writing is in the wall. The big physical retailers have either already been need physical media sales in store (e.g Best Buy) or have slashed inventory/stocking.
Re:Sony ends production of Blu-ray, MiniDisc, and MiniDV med... by goosedragons on Saturday January 25, 2025 @07:57PM (#42826640)
Disney straight up stopped releasing discs in Australia. I'm sure that will extend to other regions in the future.
Re:Sony ends production of Blu-ray, MiniDisc, and MiniDV med... by TheRealSteel on Saturday January 25, 2025 @08:32PM (#42826843)
Eternal Disney Vault
Re:Sony ends production of Blu-ray, MiniDisc, and MiniDV med... by ktallett on Saturday January 25, 2025 @06:43PM (#42826144)
This is a new announcement to the one last year regarding consumer writable Blu rays being discontinued, I would believe this is them halting production of Blu Ray discs.
Re:Sony ends production of Blu-ray, MiniDisc, and MiniDV med... by dehrmann on Saturday January 25, 2025 @08:38PM (#42826882)
Someone else makes blanks, right?
Re:Sony ends production of Blu-ray, MiniDisc, and MiniDV med... by sphars on Saturday January 25, 2025 @09:30PM (#42827169)
Correct, Blu-ray media isn't going anywhere: https://www.howtogeek.com/sony-hasnt-stopped-making-blu-ray-...