TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoSony will cut around 250 jobs from the recordable media business manufacturing hub and will gradually cease production of optical discs, including Blu-ray discs.mainichi.jpexternal-linkmessage-square146linkfedilinkarrow-up1142arrow-down12
arrow-up1140arrow-down1external-linkSony will cut around 250 jobs from the recordable media business manufacturing hub and will gradually cease production of optical discs, including Blu-ray discs.mainichi.jpTheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square146linkfedilink
minus-squarederanger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoIt’s just one company, it’s not all the Blu-ray production stopping. I think the last time I bought any Sony recordable media was CD-Rs for my MP3 CD player in the mid 00s.
minus-squareHolyhandgrenade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoSony owns the blu-ray format. I’m worried.
minus-squarederanger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 years agoThey do not own it, they did co-develop it. They’ve never owned it outright. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc_Association
minus-squaremindlight@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoWhy are you worried about Sony owning the blu-ray format?
minus-squareHolyhandgrenade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoIf they’re decreasing their production, it could mean that physical media is ending. If so, that fucking sucks because you can’t own anything anymore
minus-squarefine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down2·2 years agoYou thought blu ray sales would just continue forever?
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down2·2 years agoThere’s still the super-DVDs, or whatever they were called.
It’s just one company, it’s not all the Blu-ray production stopping. I think the last time I bought any Sony recordable media was CD-Rs for my MP3 CD player in the mid 00s.
Sony owns the blu-ray format. I’m worried.
They do not own it, they did co-develop it. They’ve never owned it outright.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc_Association
Why are you worried about Sony owning the blu-ray format?
If they’re decreasing their production, it could mean that physical media is ending. If so, that fucking sucks because you can’t own anything anymore
You thought blu ray sales would just continue forever?
There’s still the super-DVDs, or whatever they were called.