Sony Shuts Down Its Last BluRay Factory

[Knife 7,081]

It's sad to me, but I feel like if we had increased digital rights and protections regarding ownership, I'd feel a little less bad about the loss of physical media.

I also wonder if recent speculation that the tariffs enacted by Trump would affect production of blu-ray discs as the only production site for blu-ray discs in North America is in Mexico.

44 minutes ago, nATAH said:

it should but to me, this sounds like the PS6 might risk launching without a disc drive at all

They would risk alienating a lot of people with only allowing digital.

 

[nATAH 57,276]

Just now, Knife said:

They would risk alienating a lot of people with only allowing digital.

i mean they're for sure heading in that direction, apple did okay with removing the headphone jack

it'll be gone by the PS7 for sure

[Guest]

They could replace flash drive with a medium. Some people want to collect records, tapes, games, etc. Streaming won't help. 

[LaLa 19,898]

damn lmao  I was working at Blockbuster when BluRays were first released -- along with their competitor format HD DVDs. For a while we carried all 3 formats until BluRay won the war. What a time, doesn't feel that long ago at all (my uni days ) but it really was another world 

What a shame though, I hope some form of physical media for movies comes back into fashion like vinyl did

[southpaw773 4,371]

They should turn it into another vinyl pressing plant 

[Ayesha Erotica 1,924]

The question is, though: Do we collect blurays or do blurays collect (d)us(t)?

Blurays of new movies had great quality, real Full HD and not the reduced bitrate Fake FHD that Youtube or Streaming Portals are offering. 1080p Bluray Quality at its maximum is better than Netflix 4K quality because Netflix lowers the bitrate to levels below Bluray and it is fake 4K. However, we shouldn't forget the many 480p bluray movies that were just upscaled to FHD on bluray and were also a scam.

I have some blurays but I don't have a bluray player anymore.

I have two dozens of CDs but the CD disc input in my Sony hi-fi system stopped working years ago. I won't buy a new one. Laptops these days do no longer have an integrated CD or bluray player either.

I also had some VHS, but when I switched from old TV to HDTV, there was no more VHS input on the TV anymore, so no VHS playable.

I have an old GameCube - cannot be plugged to HDTV anymore because HDTV has no SCART anymore.

Of course I could buy a converter for everything, but there are costs involved, they are old stuff that I wouldn't use frequently, and I also know that they will soon be obsolete again anyway because new technical devices will have new connections.

 

 

 

[Anderson123 42,739]

It will make a comeback at some point, just like vinyl. Streaming services are dominating right now but look at so many of them merging with each other, offering bundles etc. Now with ads and ridiculous prices I wouldn't be surprised if people just give up and stick to just one or two of these services and physical collection.

[macw1nchester 469]

So, is it too late to buy my very first blu-ray disc?

[Anderson123 42,739]

3 minutes ago, WhiteHotForever said:

So, is it too late to buy my very first blu-ray disc?

Of course not, go ahead.

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Joker-Folie-a-Deux-4K-Blu-ray/372376/

[Ronk 14,930]

On 1/24/2025 at 2:48 AM, Roughhouse Dandy said:

I feel like a lot of people forget how nice it is to physically pick out one of your favorite movies and pop it in. 

Not having to worry about it hopping to a different streaming service or leaving all together. Available if your wifi is being annoying. Bonus features. 

It's wild that if you read the fine print when you "buy" VOD or a game digitally, it usually says they reserve the right to take it away from you whenever they want. If the company loses the rights or goes under? Your whole library can go away. But not with physical media 💅🏽

Buy physical media, y'all 💜

Exactly.  Long ago I used to pirate movies from TV and the internet and burn them on DVDs or Blu-ray or put them on thumb drives.  But artists, directors, producers, etc deserve their hard-earned royalties, so I have been purchasing the movies on DVD and Blu-ray for more than a decade.  Recently I purchased American Graffiti on Blu-ray for $10.  I purchased a 3-movie set of Drew Barrymore movies on Blu-ray for $13.  One of them, Music and Lyrics, is a wonderful movie about pop music.

Older media formats have become obsolete, and eventually so will DVDs and Blu-ray.  So years from now we may have to transfer our favorite stuff onto the new format of the time.  Or, of course, live with streaming and the cloud.

[Economy 52,895]

On 1/24/2025 at 1:06 AM, CatelynnMarie said:

understandable, but very sad for the physical media community

Same. I dont generally care to play stuff on a CD when its so much more convinient to stream

 

But I do have old stuff I bought on DVD & blue ray I love to have the option to still play especially since it isnt always available in every legit streaming service

 

I cant blame them for closing it tho if the demand simply isnt there tho

[Roughhouse Dandy 13,697]

Update: blu-rays aren't going anywhere yet. This is referring to blank ones they sell in Asian markets used to record their own stuff

[Economy 52,895]

3 minutes ago, Roughhouse Dandy said:

Update: blu-rays aren't going anywhere yet. This is referring to blank ones they sell in Asian markets used to record their own stuff

Oh thankgod!

[Economy 52,895]

3 minutes ago, Roughhouse Dandy said:

Update: blu-rays aren't going anywhere yet. This is referring to blank ones they sell in Asian markets used to record their own stuff

Oh thankgod!

[Killa 18,840]

Honestly ive never bought a blu ray cause never had the device to ready It. This Is bound to be a somehow niche industry