churning out handfuls of iconic inventions like the Sony Walkman, which it introduced in 1979. Over the past two decades, Sony faced rising competition in devices such as computers and televisions ...

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 ...

Sony announced that the company is officially halting the production of recordable Blu-ray, MiniDisc and MD Data disc media as well as MiniDV cassettes. It's another step in the slow decline of ...

So when word came down that Sony will exit the recordable Blu-ray market next month, it naturally triggered a firestorm in the physical media community, not to mention dozens of scary headlines ab ...

In addition to Blu-ray, Sony’s announcement also affects the MiniDisc — the compact disc format Sony made in 1992 as an alternative to more fragile cassettes and unwieldy CDs. This might make ...

Sony, one of the biggest proponents of the Blu-ray format, announced that it is ending production of all Blu-ray disc media. Same goes for MiniDiscs for recording, MD data for recording, and ...

In a January 23 announcement, Sony Storage Media Solutions and Sony Marketing revealed that Sony will finally be halting the production of all models of Blu-ray discs, MiniDiscs for recording, MD data ...

However, MD Data — the non-audio data format that Sony derived from its MiniDisc platform — seems to be flirting with extinction. A quick Google search didn’t immediately reveal any non-Sony ...

Sony used a similar construction on its ULT Wear headphones from 2024. The Walkman Blog believes it has found evidence for other features, including: The report also suggests that the new cans ...

Sony has announced that it will cease production of Blu-ray discs next month. In a statement shared by the company, it announced that "Blu-ray disc media, recording mini discs, recording MD data, mini ...

Sony is discontinuing production of Blu-Ray discs after 18 years. Justin Sullivan/Getty Sony says it will stop manufacturing blank Blu-ray discs for the Japanese market along with MiniDiscs and ...