Sony has announced that as of February 2025, it’s no longer going to manufacture four types of recordable media: Blu-ray Disc media, MiniDiscs for recording, MD data for recording, and MiniDV ...
February 2025 will see the end of three formats that Sony played a key role in developing. The company will then cease production of recordable Blu-ray discs, MiniDiscs and MiniDV cassettes.
The company will also cease manufacturing recording MiniDiscs, MD data, and MiniDV cassettes. This news follows Sony's decision last year to stop producing writable 25GB BD-REs, 50GB BD-RE DLs ...
But fear not, as there's little indication the supply of optical media is about to dry up in the US and Europe. For one thing ...
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.
Verbatim has pledged to continue supporting the recordable optical media market in Japan after Sony's manufacturing closure.
Sony will cease production of various physical media in February. These include Blu-ray recordable disks, MiniDV minicassettes, and others. Sony also said it will not produce anything to replace these ...
Justin Sullivan/Getty Sony says it will stop manufacturing blank Blu-ray discs for the Japanese market along with MiniDiscs and MiniDV cassettes that could be used to save media in a physical format.
Sony’s three-sentence press release confirmed similar death dates for its blank MiniDisc, MD data, and MiniDV cassettes. The company also made it clear that you shouldn’t expect any ...
This announcement comes alongside Sony's confirmation that it will stop making other, much less popular storage formats, including recordable MiniDiscs, MD-Data, and MiniDV cassettes. This move ...