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No, Sony Hasn’t Stop Making Blu-ray Players
Sony’s Blu-ray death spiral has been much misunderstood, and much exaggerated.
By Matt Jancer | Reviewed by Ysolt Usigan
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Headlines blare the end of an era: Sony shipped its last Blu-ray players in February 2026, hammering another nail into physical video media’s coffin. But peer past the headlines and dig into the source material, and you’ll see that it’s not Blu-ray players that Sony has stopped making, but Blu-ray recorders.
These are the devices that allow you to insert a blank Blu-ray disc and record a broadcast. Sony’s still making and selling Blu-ray players, the kind you use to watch movies on Blu-ray that you get from Blockbuster Netflix that bargain bin at Walmart, and at least as of yet........