TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year 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 · 1 year agomessage-square146linkfedilink
minus-squareHolyhandgrenade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoSony owns the blu-ray format. I’m worried.
minus-squarederanger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-21 year 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-up0·1 year agoWhy are you worried about Sony owning the blu-ray format?
minus-squareHolyhandgrenade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year 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-down2·1 year agoYou thought blu ray sales would just continue forever?
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down2·1 year agoThere’s still the super-DVDs, or whatever they were called.
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.