Sony, the inventor of the Blu-ray disc format, will stop manufacturing Blu-ray discs in February 2025, citing the rise of streaming and declining sales. This move signals a potential end for the optical format.
it will discontinue the manufacture of Blu-ray discs, a format it invented and championed, setting the stage for the possible imminent end of the optical format.
“Thank you very much for your continued support of Sony products,” the consumer electronics giant said in aThe company released Blu-ray commercially in 2006 as a successor to the DVD format
BLU-RAY STREAMING OPTICAL DISCS SONY FORMAT WAR
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