Sony has announced that as of February 2025, it’s no longer going to manufacture four types of recordable media: Blu-ray Disc ...

Sony is ending production of recordable Blu-ray, MiniDisc and MD Data disc media, along with Mini DV cassettes.

Following Sony’s announcement that it was officially ending production of recordable Blu-ray discs this month, Verbatim and I ...

February 2025 will see the end of three formats that Sony played a key role in developing. The company will then cease ...

Verbatim has pledged to continue supporting the recordable optical media market in Japan after Sony's manufacturing closure.

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Sony has announced that it will cease production of all Blu-ray discs, MiniDiscs, MD Data, and MiniDV cassettes starting in February 2025. The decision stems from declining demand for these ...

But fear not, data hoarders. Two companies have stepped up to reassure the Japanese market that they'll keep producing high-quality optical media: Verbatim and I-O Data.