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Another major Japanese electronics firm exits the Blu-ray market — Elecom publishes notice of termination of all external drives (www.tomshardware.com)
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End of sale date is June 30, 2026, depending on stock levels.

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[–] tal@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I must say that in the future, we may look back on these days and say that this was about the time when "you-buy-it-you-own-it-forever" kind of ended for media.

Here's the graph for CDs:

There's still some stuff out there, and SACDs still sell in small volume to people who want the highest fidelity, but I think that outside of some vinyl sales to the retro crowd, the audio world has mostly moved on. The video world might do the same.

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

They don't even publish a lot to blu ray or dvd. I was thinking of making the switch, assuming there was all the physical media in the world available.

I've been surprised at how little is out there.