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In today’s Tech Bytes, it’s the end of an era for Sony. The company has announced that it will cease production of blank Blu-ray discs after 18 years. Joining them on the chopping block are mini discs ...

Sony announced it will ship blank Blu-ray disks in Europe beginning this month, but added that dual-layer versions won’t be shipping until later this year. That s okay, though, these single layer BD-R ...

It’s another sore day for physical-media fans. That’s because, after an 18-year run, Sony has decided to stop producing recordable Blu-ray discs. In an announcement first spotted by Tom’s Hardware, ...

Following the 25GB Blu-ray blank discs that are now shipping, Sony announced it will ship dual-layer 50GB Blu-ray blanks in June. The bad news is that the 50GB discs will cost $48 for the recordable ...

More physical media formats have bit the dust, as Sony Japan has officially announced the discontinuation of blank Blu-ray discs, MiniDiscs, MD Data, and MiniDV cassettes. Blu-ray debuted in 2006 ...

Verbatim today announced the immediate availability of blank write-once (BD-R) and re-writeable (BD-RE) Blu-ray media, joining TDK and Sony as the three manufacturers shipping blank Blu-ray discs to ...