Sony to Exit the Recordable Blu-Ray Market This Month in Another Blow to Physical Media

Sony to exit the recordable Blu-ray market this month in another blow to physical media

The announcement isn't a surprise. Sony said in a 2024 interview that it would gradually end development and production of recordable Blu-ray discs and other optical disc formats. It said at the time that the decision was made because the cold storage market never really took off in the way...Read Entire Article

Sony, the pioneer of Blu-ray Disc recorders, to pull plug on sales | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & Japan Watch

Once at the forefront of next-generation DVDs, Sony Group Corp. will phase out shipments of Blu-ray Disc recorders, as demand has shrunk amid the rise of video streaming services and online data storage.

Blu-ray wind-down continues - Sony ends production of recordable players

The last major optical media format still standing, Blu-ray, is once again taking another step toward the sunset. One of the format's original creators, Japan's Sony, has announced that it will end production of recordable Blu-ray players. Recordable Blu-ray devices never became especially popular in Western markets, but in Sony's home country of Japan they have been fairly common - effectively "modern VCRs" used to record television broadcasts …

Sony Will Ship Its Final Blu-ray Recorders This Month

Sony will ship its last batch of Blu-ray recorders this month, according to Kyodo News, ending the company's decades-long run in a product category it helped create. The recorders targeted exclusively the Japanese domestic market, where households used them to record broadcast television. Sony had a...

Sony will ship its final Blu-ray recorders this month — exit from Japanese market the end of an era for the segment

Another rampart of the consumer optical media market has crumbled away with Sony closing down its Blu-ray disk recorder business.