So, let's have a moment of silence for Sony's last Japanese manufacturing plant producing a number of optical media formats.

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

Sony says it will stop manufacturing blank Blu-ray discs for the Japanese market along with MiniDiscs and MiniDV cassettes ...

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 ...

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.

Sony’s three-sentence press release confirmed similar death dates for its blank MiniDisc, MD data, and MiniDV cassettes. The ...

“We will end production of all models of Blu-ray Disc media, MiniDiscs for recording, MD data for recording, and MiniDV ...

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 ...

The end of an era came via a short release in the Announcements List on Sony’s Japanese website. Translated to English, the ...

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

Sony will cease production of various physical media in February. These include Blu-ray recordable disks, MiniDV ...