TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoSony will cut around 250 jobs from the recordable media business manufacturing hub and will gradually cease production of optical discs, including Blu-ray discs.mainichi.jpexternal-linkmessage-square142fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkSony will cut around 250 jobs from the recordable media business manufacturing hub and will gradually cease production of optical discs, including Blu-ray discs.mainichi.jpTheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square142fedilink
minus-squareHolyhandgrenade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoSony owns the blu-ray format. I’m worried.
minus-squarefine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoYou thought blu ray sales would just continue forever?
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoThere’s still the super-DVDs, or whatever they were called.
minus-squarederanger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-23 months agoThey do not own it, they did co-develop it. They’ve never owned it outright. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc_Association
minus-squaremindlight@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoWhy are you worried about Sony owning the blu-ray format?
minus-squareAniki 🌱🌿@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoThey can DMCA the encryption keys and boom – instead dead format.
minus-squarederanger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-23 months agoWhat? No. If I write data to a Blu-ray it’s not encrypted. This comment makes little sense. Sony does not control “the encryption keys”, whatever that means.
minus-squaremindlight@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-23 months agoYou really don’t understand how Blu-ray works, do you? Regarding Blu-ray as a medium for movies: Sony isn’t able do that kind of damage. Blu-ray Association would go bananas:
minus-squareHolyhandgrenade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoIf they’re decreasing their production, it could mean that physical media is ending. If so, that fucking sucks because you can’t own anything anymore
Sony owns the blu-ray format. I’m worried.
You thought blu ray sales would just continue forever?
There’s still the super-DVDs, or whatever they were called.
They do not own it, they did co-develop it. They’ve never owned it outright.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc_Association
Why are you worried about Sony owning the blu-ray format?
They can DMCA the encryption keys and boom – instead dead format.
What? No. If I write data to a Blu-ray it’s not encrypted. This comment makes little sense. Sony does not control “the encryption keys”, whatever that means.
You really don’t understand how Blu-ray works, do you?
Regarding Blu-ray as a medium for movies: Sony isn’t able do that kind of damage.
Blu-ray Association would go bananas:
If they’re decreasing their production, it could mean that physical media is ending. If so, that fucking sucks because you can’t own anything anymore