Sony will cut around 250 jobs from the recordable media business manufacturing hub and will gradually cease production of optical discs, including Blu-ray discs.

TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml · 5 months ago

Sony will cut around 250 jobs from the recordable media business manufacturing hub and will gradually cease production of optical discs, including Blu-ray discs.

kaboom36@ani.social · 5 months ago

Right as I’m getting into minidisc too

MSids@lemmy.world · 5 months ago

Eyyy yes! I just picked up an MZ-N505 a few months ago! It’s been great at work to quickly start music without staring at my phone for 5 minutes first.

0x0@programming.dev · 5 months ago

I think the data variant stores 1GB… good enough for archiving invoices and the like…

Cerbero@lemmy.world · 5 months ago

You can get some pretty cheap used ones. At less than $2 each.

kaboom36@ani.social · 5 months ago

Yeah but the thing that helps keep them at $2 is a supply of new ones

Hadriscus@lemm.ee · 5 months ago

I was just getting the hang of cassettes !

Murdoc@sh.itjust.works · 5 months ago

“Press Play on tape.”

(makes lunch)

“File found. Loading…”

(takes a bath, goes for a walk, reads a book…)

Ah the memories…

Sony will cut around 250 jobs from the recordable media business manufacturing hub and will gradually cease production of optical discs, including Blu-ray discs.

Sony will cut around 250 jobs from the recordable media business manufacturing hub and will gradually cease production of optical discs, including Blu-ray discs.

Sony Group to cut 250 jobs from recordable media business' key hub - The Mainichi