Sony, one of the biggest proponents of the Blu-ray format, announced that it is ending production of all Blu-ray disc media.

As of February 2025, Sony will no longer manufacture and distribute blank recordable Blu-ray Discs. When you consider that Best Buy stopped selling physical media in 2024 and Target is about to pull ...

There was a time when Blu-ray discs reigned supreme, but the era of physical media now firmly exists in the shadow of digital streaming services like Netflix, Disney+, and Amazon Prime.

Blu-ray discs have been part of the digital media landscape for almost 20 years, but fewer and fewer people have optical drives to use them. As such, Sony doesn't see the need to keep pumping out ...

This marks the end of an 18-year journey for the company after Blu-ray became commercially available to the masses in 2006.

This marks the end of an era for Blu-ray Discs, MiniDiscs, and MiniDV cassettes. The decision, confirmed in January 2025, is attributed to the declining demand for physical media as digital ...

then it almost certainly supports Blu-ray. But be careful — not all consoles have disc support these days. The Xbox Series S, for example, does not have a disc drive and relies entirely on ...

The silver lining, at least for now, is that studios will continue to sell Blu-ray discs of your favorite movies and shows … ...

I know I’m not alone, because people in my life complain about their own brain-rot speech patterns all ... video I came across recently. Two of her examples were “WHICH COULD MEAN NOTHING!!!” ...

I’d wanted to get a kid’s perspective on “brain rot,” Oxford University Press’ 2024 word of the year that describes both low-quality video content and what seemingly happens to the mind after watching ...

The PS5 Disc Drive add-on is finally back in stock at Amazon. The accessory has been difficult to find in stock since it launched last year, so it's probably worth grabbing one while it's still ...

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