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Sony will gradually cease production of optical disc storage media products, including Blu-ray discs (mainichi.jp)

submitted 4 months ago by JohnWorks@sh.itjust.works to c/homevideo

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[–] JohnWorks@sh.itjust.works 15 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Wondering if we'll get another format war at some point or if people will just accept streaming and owning nothing

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 4 months ago

Accept nothing. Own everything. Sail the high seas.

[–] swayevenly@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I don't understand your comment. Is this article suggesting no one will release their films on blu-ray?

[–] BobGnarley@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Per the article it is saying that they will eventually cease production of them altogether. Sony owns the rights to Blu Ray so any company wanting to put their art onto it is out of luck once they stop making them altogether.

[–] swayevenly@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Did a quick search:

https://us.blu-raydisc.com/about-us/ https://www.one-blue.com/licensors/ https://www.one-blue.com/licensees/

Looks like we'll still be fine minus new Columbia Pictures UHD releases.

[–] BobGnarley@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

Looks like you're right I always though Sony was the only patent holder of blu ray

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

Since I've not heard of a new format coming out I can only assume purchasing will be out the windows. However, that just means they get less of my money. I don't mind renting movies if I'm unsure of the movie, but unless I can own a digital copy I'd never get one. The only reason I have any more is because they came "free" with the disc I purchased.

[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 12 points 4 months ago

Interesting move.

I'm still buying DVDs. But once there's no way to actually buy media, that makes it abandonware, for those of us collecting physical media.

I'm sure the sketchy Chinese site that'll start selling me media mega bundles on USB is absolutely licensing that stuff correctly, though.

[–] xyzzy@lemm.ee 8 points 4 months ago

That’s just about DVD-Rs and BD-Rs. Even if they were stopping production altogether, Sony already gutted their internal capacity and have been relying more on third parties. With all the deals they’ve signed to support other labels/studios, they’re still in this for a while to come.

[–] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

Portable hard drives are the new physical media.