TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months 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-square41fedilinkarrow-up1401arrow-down14
arrow-up1397arrow-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 · 7 months agomessage-square41fedilink
minus-squareHolyhandgrenade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down1·7 months agoSony owns the blu-ray format. I’m worried.
minus-squarederanger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-27 months 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-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·7 months agoThere’s still the super-DVDs, or whatever they were called.
minus-squaremindlight@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down6·7 months agoWhy are you worried about Sony owning the blu-ray format?
minus-squareHolyhandgrenade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoIf they’re decreasing their production, it could mean that physical media is ending. If so, that fucking sucks because you can’t own anything anymore
Sony owns the blu-ray format. I’m worried.
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
There’s still the super-DVDs, or whatever they were called.
mega-discs
Why are you worried about Sony owning the blu-ray format?
If they’re decreasing their production, it could mean that physical media is ending. If so, that fucking sucks because you can’t own anything anymore