@TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 11 months 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-square61fedilinkarrow-up1446arrow-down15
arrow-up1441arrow-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.jp@TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 11 months agomessage-square61fedilink
minus-square@deranger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish36•11 months 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-square@Holyhandgrenade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish27•11 months agoSony owns the blu-ray format. I’m worried.
minus-square@deranger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish16•edit-211 months 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-square@mindlight@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish-6•11 months agoWhy are you worried about Sony owning the blu-ray format?
minus-square@Holyhandgrenade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•11 months 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-square@AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish-6•11 months agoThere’s still the super-DVDs, or whatever they were called.
minus-square@fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglish-9•11 months agoYou thought blu ray sales would just continue forever?
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
There’s still the super-DVDs, or whatever they were called.
mega-discs
You thought blu ray sales would just continue forever?