Sony has announced the reduction of 250 jobs at its optical disc manufacturing plant in Tagaze, Japan, as part of an initiative to completely phase out the production of recordable optical media. All ...

Sony is aiming to double the pleasure of CD-R and CD-RW lovers. On Tuesday, the consumer electronics giant unveiled Double Density CD-R and CD-RW drives and discs. Dubbed DD-R and DD-RW, the discs can ...

Its CDR-W66 stand-alone pro burner adds enough unique functionality – and lets you use low-cost “data” CD-R/RW blanks – to give it legitimate studio presence: balanced as well as unbalanced I/O, ...

Sony plans to eventually stop producing consumer-grade recordable Blu-ray discs, but commercial products such as game and film Blu-rays will still be produced. Sony Group will lay off 250 employees at ...

February 2025 will see the end of three formats that Sony played a key role in developing. The company will then cease production of recordable Blu-ray discs, MiniDiscs and MiniDV cassettes. It may ...

MusicMatch (www.musicmatch.com) announced on Thursday that it signed a deal with Sony ( www.sony.com), to include its jukebox software into Sony-branded CD-R/RW drives. MusicMatch also announced it ...

Q: Possibly you could shed some light on this issue. I was reading about Sony CDs containing software that is automatically installed on your computer that disables the ability to copy music CDs. How ...

Sometimes, you don't need the latest and greatest. Sometimes, all you need is something basic. If you're building a new machine and have no need for Blu-ray yet, Sony Optiarc has two new units that ...

A young Twitter user caused consternation when she revealed she didn’t know how to burn songs on to a CD. It’s another moment where technology announces one’s mortality I am no music format fetishist.

Sony has unveiled today four new Multi-format DVD/CD rewritable drives based on its 12th generation optical storage technology. This line-up features three designs and four configurations. Hailing it ...