“If you had a really moldy tape, there was mold flying everywhere,” Crouch told me about existing cleaning methods. “I just ...

But fear not, data hoarders. Two companies have stepped up to reassure the Japanese market that they'll keep producing high-quality optical media: Verbatim and I-O Data.

Verbatim has pledged to continue supporting the recordable optical media market in Japan after Sony's manufacturing closure.

Remember Blu-ray discs? The once-popular high-definition (HD) compact discs, designed to replace DVDs, are finally ending ...

The end of an era came via a short release in the Announcements List on Sony’s Japanese website. Translated to English, the statement from Sony Storage Media Solutions Inc. – addressed to “Dear Valued ...

Sony is going to cancel the production of recordable Blu-Ray discs, as well as mini-disc products, due to low performing ...

Sony’s three-sentence press release confirmed similar death dates for its blank MiniDisc, MD data, and MiniDV cassettes. The company also made it clear that you shouldn’t expect any “successor models” ...

MiniDV cassettes, writable minidiscs, and MD-Data disks will also be officially consigned to history starting next month. It’s worth noting that Sony will no longer produce Blu-ray discs. The standard ...

Sony has announced that it will cease production of all Blu-ray discs, MiniDiscs, MD Data, and MiniDV cassettes starting in February 2025. The decision stems from declining demand for these ...