The Sony-led, multicompany collaborative effort to develop DVD’s successor dates back to 1998, although it would be years before its creators released the Blu-ray white paper in 2004.

Sony announced that the company is officially halting the production of recordable Blu-ray, MiniDisc and MD Data disc media as well as MiniDV cassettes. It's another step in the slow decline of ...

DVD and Blu-ray sales fell 26 percent last year. The Sony announcement is just the latest gut punch for Blu-ray fans. It comes on the back of LG revealing that it’s not making new Blu-ray ...

There are more examples, though seeing Sony eject itself from producing Blu-ray discs really drives the point home that an era is ending. I can still remember buying an HD-DVD player rather than ...

DVD and Blu-ray sales fell 26 percent last year. The Sony announcement is just the latest gut punch for Blu-ray fans. It comes on the back of LG revealing that it’s not making new Blu-ray players ...

Sony is discontinuing production of Blu-Ray discs after 18 years. Justin Sullivan/Getty Sony says it will stop manufacturing blank Blu-ray discs for the Japanese market along with MiniDiscs and ...

Sony has announced that it will cease its production of all models of its Blu-ray disc media, recordable MiniDiscs, recordable MD Data, and Mini DV Cassettes in February 2025. The company added ...

Sony has announced that it will cease production of Blu-ray discs next month. In a statement shared by the company, it announced that "Blu-ray disc media, recording mini discs, recording MD data, mini ...

Sony hinted at the discontinuation last year, telling the Japanese outlet AVWatch that it would “gradually end development and production of ‘recordable optical disc media.’’ In addition ...