The whole Blu-ray format's been a mess from the very beginning. We can't, therefore, quite suppress a derisory smirk at the announcement of two new Blu-ray disc specifications, neither of which will ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blu-ray disc. A major development in the production of optical discs has happened this week. Scientists at the University of ...

As of February 2025, Sony will no longer manufacture and distribute blank recordable Blu-ray Discs. When you consider that Best Buy stopped selling physical media in 2024 and Target is about to pull ...

Optical media discs might all look roughly the same on the outside, but it's what's on the inside that really counts.

It’s no secret that physical media in general, and Blu-ray in particular, has been in decline. Best Buy began removing Blu-ray discs from its stores and website at the beginning of 2024, and some ...

Physical media has been making a comeback in recent years, with 4K Blu-rays leading the charge as the most popular option available. Pretty much every major movie and TV show is getting a Blu-ray ...

Sony plans to eventually stop producing consumer-grade recordable Blu-ray discs, but commercial products such as game and film Blu-rays will still be produced. Sony Group will lay off 250 employees at ...

If you thought Netflix and iTunes would make optical discs a thing of the past, think again. Facebook has built a storage system from 10,000 Blu-ray discs that holds a petabyte of data and is highly ...

Disc of Joy: Twenty years ago, a large coalition of technology manufacturers backed a potentially revolutionary optical disc format. Like VHS and Betamax before it, the technology had to fight through ...

As of now, there's is only one currently available PlayStation 5 Model that includes a disc drive. That is the PS5 Slim, which is $50 more than the Digital Edition of the same console. The original ...