Blu-Ray disc production phase out process will begin soon

[hanselthecaretaker2]

Stock up if you want/need more physical storage media -

Sony kills off recordable Blu-ray and optical disks for consumer market — business-to-business production to continue until unprofitable

You better stock up on recordable Blu-ray discs if you use it for archiving your data.

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Movie format will continue to be sold for the time being until further announcement.

 

[Worgen]

Ugh. I mean, we expected this at some point, but it still really sucks since streaming is getting worse and worse. Just finding where something you want to watch is streaming can be a huge pain in the ass.

 

[BrawlMan]

Stock up if you want/need more physical storage media -

Sony kills off recordable Blu-ray and optical disks for consumer market — business-to-business production to continue until unprofitable

You better stock up on recordable Blu-ray discs if you use it for archiving your data.

www.tomshardware.com

Movie format will continue to be sold for the time being until further announcement.

Fuck off Sony. What I am supposed to get, 4K? I don't have a 4K TV, nor do I need to waste money on one right now? If I have to go back to buying standard DVD editions of movies, so be it. The only 4K player I have is my PS5.

 

[Thaluikhain]

If I have to go back to buying standard DVD editions of movies, so be it. The only 4K player I have is my PS5.

Is there an actual downside to getting movies on DVD? I mean, I guess one day they'll stop making DVD players.

 

[BrawlMan]

Is there an actual downside to getting movies on DVD?

If you care about bonus features, you're not going to get all of them, or almost none of them. It's a trend that started during the early 2010s with Blu-Rays. If you wanted all the extras and bonuses, it would be best to get the Blu-Ray, and later, 4K versions of physical media. Before that, bonus features would be heavy in DVDs only or carrying old bonuses from Laser Disc copies. Also, Blu-Ray has much higher definition than DVD. With older movies, this is not much of an issue with most of them, but if you're watching anything from the late 2000s (08-09) and later, the Blu Ray really comes in handy and works its magic.

 

[hanselthecaretaker2]

Fuck off Sony. What I am supposed to get, 4K? I don't have a 4K TV, nor do I need to waste money on one right now? If I have to go back to buying standard DVD editions of movies, so be it. The only 4K player I have is my PS5.

Only storage media will be affected for now. Movies will still be sold as normal but eventually even 4K might be axed since that’s Blu-Ray too.

 

[hanselthecaretaker2]

Is there an actual downside to getting movies on DVD? I mean, I guess one day they'll stop making DVD players.

I’m really surprised it’s not happening to them first, or maybe no one’s talking about it. Far less storage space and they get scratched very easily.

 

[BrawlMan]

Far less storage space and they get scratched very easily.

Only if you leave them sitting out the case exposed. All of my old DVDs from the 2000s still work like brand new. It's called taking care of your shit.

 

[hanselthecaretaker2]

Only if you leave them sitting out the case exposed. All of my old DVDs from the 2000s still work like brand new. It's called taking care of your shit.

Yup, no problem with that on my end either but renting anything was always a shitshow because other people usually didn’t unless it was a brand new movie. Never had to use a disc resurface tool with Blu-Ray.

 

[BrawlMan]

Yup, no problem with that on my end either but renting anything was always a shitshow because other people usually didn’t unless it was a brand new movie. Never had to use a disc resurface tool with Blu-Ray.

I rarely ever rented DVDs for that specific reason. At that point it is a case of buying this movie, wait for a sale, or not at all. Last time I think I ever rented a DVD was back in 2007.

 

[Ezekiel]

Stock up if you want/need more physical storage media -

Sony kills off recordable Blu-ray and optical disks for consumer market — business-to-business production to continue until unprofitable

You better stock up on recordable Blu-ray discs if you use it for archiving your data.

www.tomshardware.com

Movie format will continue to be sold for the time being until further announcement.

The article is about Blu-rays for recording, while your title is about Blu-rays in general. 2024 was huge for Blu-ray releases. So many important releases. I've been buying and ripping Blu-rays for ten years, but never burned one. More wasteful than a hard drive. Can only write once, and so little storage compared to hard drives, making backup more complicated. You waste more. 17 GB movie on the disc, with remaining 8 GB unused. Same with 50 GB discs. Makes sense for them to drop out of that market, with hard drives storing much more for less money than in the heyday of physical media.