Sunset for the Father of Blu-ray: Sony Officially Terminates All Blu-ray Recorder Shipments

Sony announced the end of shipments for its entire line of Blu-ray Disc recorders, explicitly stating there will be no successor models, effectively exiting the consumer Blu-ray recording hardware market. The notice frames the decision in the context of streaming's rise and the prior discontinuation of recordable Blu-ray media production, noting a cultural shift from archival recording to streaming and predicting Blu-ray will transition into a niche collector’s market.