TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoSony will cut around 250 jobs from the recordable media business manufacturing hub and will gradually cease production of optical discs, including Blu-ray discs.mainichi.jpexternal-linkmessage-square136fedilinkarrow-up1189arrow-down13
arrow-up1186arrow-down1external-linkSony will cut around 250 jobs from the recordable media business manufacturing hub and will gradually cease production of optical discs, including Blu-ray discs.mainichi.jpTheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square136fedilink
minus-squarederanger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·6 days agoIt’s just one company, it’s not all the Blu-ray production stopping. I think the last time I bought any Sony recordable media was CD-Rs for my MP3 CD player in the mid 00s.
minus-squareHolyhandgrenade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·6 days agoSony owns the blu-ray format. I’m worried.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·5 days agoThere’s still the super-DVDs, or whatever they were called.
minus-squarederanger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-25 days agoThey do not own it, they did co-develop it. They’ve never owned it outright. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc_Association
minus-squaremindlight@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down3·6 days agoWhy are you worried about Sony owning the blu-ray format?
minus-squareAniki 🌱🌿@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·5 days agoThey can DMCA the encryption keys and boom – instead dead format.
minus-squaremindlight@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-25 days agoYou really don’t understand how bd-r/bd-rw works, do you? Regarding Blu-ray as a medium for movies: Sony isn’t able do that kind of damage. Blu-ray Association would go bananas:
minus-squarefine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down6·5 days agoYou thought blu ray sales would just continue forever?
It’s just one company, it’s not all the Blu-ray production stopping. I think the last time I bought any Sony recordable media was CD-Rs for my MP3 CD player in the mid 00s.
Sony owns the blu-ray format. I’m worried.
There’s still the super-DVDs, or whatever they were called.
They do not own it, they did co-develop it. They’ve never owned it outright.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc_Association
Why are you worried about Sony owning the blu-ray format?
They can DMCA the encryption keys and boom – instead dead format.
You really don’t understand how bd-r/bd-rw works, do you?
Regarding Blu-ray as a medium for movies: Sony isn’t able do that kind of damage.
Blu-ray Association would go bananas:
You thought blu ray sales would just continue forever?